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📘 The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes

In The Seven Daughters of Eve, geneticist Bryan Sykes recounts his examination of a 5,000‑year‑old Ice Man whose frozen remains were found in northern Italy. Using mitochondrial DNA, he identifies a living descendant in Britain and explains how a single, unbroken maternal gene line can be used to map human ancestry across time and space. After compiling thousands of DNA sequences from around the globe, Sykes discovers that European maternal lineages cluster into only seven distinct groups. He proposes that almost all people of native European descent can trace their ancestry back to one of these seven women—Ursula, Xenia, Helena, Velda, Tara, Katrine, and Jasmine—illustrating the power of genetics in revealing our shared past.

First publish date: 2001

Genre: Science/Biology

Authors: Bryan Sykes

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