Book Description The national bestseller that reveals how we are descended from seven prehistoric women. One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double
Helix, The Seven Daughters of Eve reveals the remarkable story behind a groundbreaking scientific discovery. After being summoned in 1997 to an archaeological site to examine the remains of a five-thousand-year-old man, Bryan Sykes ultimately was able to prove not only that  the man was
a European but also that he has living relatives in England today. In this lucid, absorbing account,
Sykes  reveals how the identification of a particular strand of DNA that passes unbroken through the maternal line allows scientists to trace our genetic makeup all the way back to prehistoric times, to seven primeval women,  the Seven
Daughters of Eve.

Amazon.com Jared Diamond says, "It would be a slight exaggeration to say that L.L. Cavalli-Sforza studies everything about everybody, because actually he is 'only' interested in what genes, languages, archaeology, and culture can teach us about the history and migrations of everybody for the last
several hundred thousand years." Cavalli-Sforza has been the leading architect of a revolution (even
a paradigm shift) in human genetics since the 1960s. Because of his work, geneticists no longer think that the human species is divided into color-coded races. Cavalli-Sforza's  studies of the transmission
of family names in Italy, of the relationship between human genes and  languages, of migration and marriage, are the benchmarks of our biological self-understanding. 

How to Interpret Your DNA Test Results For Family History & Ancestry
Scientists Speak Out on Genealogy Joining Genetics
by Anne Hart

Scientists in the news speak out from opposite sides of the fence on the question of DNA testing for
researching family history and ancestry. How do you interpret your own DNA test results? How do
you work with or research oral history? What’s the cultural component behind a trait as biological as your genes? If you’re a beginning family historian, an oral history  researcher, or a person with no science background fascinated with ancestry, here’s how to understand and use the results of DNA tests. Scientists, media, historians, and business owners share different opinions on whether DNA testing is a useful tool in the hands of family historians.

- Paul Allen, Co-founder of MyFamily.com and Ancestry.ccom  “The information about your ancestry
is hidden in your DNA. This book invites you to reveal it.  A must read for those interested in uncovering their true family identity and history.” About the Author- Terrence Carmichael is the CEO
of GeneTree, Inc. He has been involved in the business of paternity and distant family relationships for many years. Alexander Kuklin is the director for global marketing at the biotechnololgy company Transgenomic, Inc.

Cracking the Genome: Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA
by Kevin Davies

From Publishers Weekly- The Human Genome Project, the effort to determine the full genetic composition of human beings, has consumed billions of dollars, involved thousands of scientists, captured the imaginations of millions of people and offered the promise of untold numbers of medical  breakthroughs. Davies, founding editor of the journal Nature Genetics and author of Breakthrough:
The Race to find the Breast Cancer  Gene, does an impressive job of contextualizing the science
within a political, economic and social... read more --This text refers to the Hardcover edition

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