Stephen Oppenheimer Books
November 9th 2007 22:43
Stephen Oppenheimer is a Brtisih research geneticist currently working in Oxford.
He has written three books on population genetics and their relationship to linguistics and archaeology and human migrations over the centuries.
Basically he writes explaining recent discoveries about mtdna and chromosomes and what that tells us about racial and ethnic origins and human migrations from ancinet to modern times.
His most recent work is
THE ORIGINS OF THE BRITISH
Apparently the Norse have been colonizing Britain for centuries and the protoCelts really did come from Spain or thru Spain and ... well its all complicated but fascinating and challenging to read! Ask your library if they have a copy!
Also ask if they can get his earlier books:
Eden in the East: The Drowned Continent of Southeast Asia 1998.
Out of Eden: The Peopling of the World 2003 (also known as The REAL Eve.
You will need a basic knowledge of genetics and archaeology to understand these books but they're worth battling thru if your science is a bit rusty!
Personally I find archaeogenetics enthralling but this kind of science book is not to everyone's taste? Try it though!
He has written three books on population genetics and their relationship to linguistics and archaeology and human migrations over the centuries.
Basically he writes explaining recent discoveries about mtdna and chromosomes and what that tells us about racial and ethnic origins and human migrations from ancinet to modern times.
His most recent work is
THE ORIGINS OF THE BRITISH
Apparently the Norse have been colonizing Britain for centuries and the protoCelts really did come from Spain or thru Spain and ... well its all complicated but fascinating and challenging to read! Ask your library if they have a copy!
Also ask if they can get his earlier books:
Eden in the East: The Drowned Continent of Southeast Asia 1998.
Out of Eden: The Peopling of the World 2003 (also known as The REAL Eve.
You will need a basic knowledge of genetics and archaeology to understand these books but they're worth battling thru if your science is a bit rusty!
Personally I find archaeogenetics enthralling but this kind of science book is not to everyone's taste? Try it though!
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