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Saxons, Vikings, and Celts : the genetic roots of Britain and Ireland Bryan Sykes
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks GN 290 .G7 S95 2006
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- 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.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 306 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st American ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2006.
- Summary:
- A study based on a decade-long DNA survey traces the genetic makeup of British Islanders and their descendants, ranging from prehistoric times to the genetic heritage of Americans of British descent.
- 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 (hardcover)
- 0393062686 (hardcover)
- OCLC:
- 74568210
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