Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland (Audio)
by:
Dick Hill (author)
Bryan Sykes (author)
ISBN:
9781400123353 (1400123356)
Publish date: December 1st 2006
Publisher: Tantor Media Inc
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Reference,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Science,
Biology,
Ireland,
Anthropology,
Prehistory,
Genetics
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...
Book Description (from Amazon)From the best-selling author of The Seven Daughters of Eve, an illuminating guide to the genetic history of the British Isles.One of the world's leading geneticists, Bryan Sykes has helped thousands find their ancestry in the British Isles. Saxons, Vikings, and Celts, w...
I really liked this book. The conclusions are very interesting, though there's a lot of data to wade through that can get a bit tedious.
10 years ago
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