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Saxons, Vikings, and Celts : the genetic roots of Britain and Ireland / Bryan Sykes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sykes, Bryan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human population genetics--Great Britain--Popular works.
- Human population genetics.
- Human genetics--Popular works.
- Human genetics.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2006.
- Summary:
- Through a systematic, ten-year DNA survey of more than 10,000 volunteers, Sykes has traced the genetic makeup of British Islanders and their descendants. He also features a chapter specifically addressing the genetic makeup of those people in the United States who have descended from the British Isles.
- Contents:
- Twelve thousand years of solitude
- Who do we think we are?
- The resurgent Celts
- The skull snatchers
- The blood bankers
- The silent messengers
- The nature of the evidence
- Ireland
- The DNA of Ireland
- Scotland
- The Picts
- The DNA of Scotland
- Wales
- The DNA of Wales
- England
- Saxons, Danes, Vikings and Normans
- The DNA of England
- The blood of the Isles.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- "Originally published in Great Britain under the title Blood of the Isles: exploring the genetic roots of our tribal history"--T.p. verso.
- ISBN:
- 9780393062687
- 0393062686
- OCLC:
- 74568210
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