Bryan Sykes
Birth date: September 09, 1947
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TITLE: The Wolf Within: The Astonishing Evolution of the Wolf into Man's Best Friend AUTHOR: Professor Bryan Sykes DATE PUBLISHED: 2018 FORMAT: Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0008244422 _________________________ DESCRIPTION: "The genetic history of the dog is a sensational example of the co-evo...
Enlightening both from a scientific perspective and from a social perspective. I enjoyed the detours away from the technical scientific aspects, though I was only marginally aware of the uses that DNA can provide in illuminating the lineage of people and a nation.
Data is not understood in a vacuum, so the author first enchants the listener with the history and myths of the people of Great Britain and relates that to what his DNA analysis tells him. The story comes alive when he explains the history and myth of the British, and he writes better than almost an...
I really want to read The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry now!I always wish that I could write an amazing review, but it never seems to work out that way. The first 6 chapters (aside from chapter one, which was about the author's Y chromosome and family history ...
First thing first, I don't have a scientific background. I majored in human sciences (History and English Lit & Civilisation), and the only classes I've ever had about genetics were in my sophomore year in high school. Yet the subject holds quite some interest for me, and I was glad that I managed t...