Adams Curse, Bryan Sykes
Adams Curse, Bryan Sykes
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Adam's Curse
A Future Without Men

Author: Bryan Sykes

Narrator: Christopher Kay

Unabridged: 12 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/13/2012

Categories: Nonfiction, Science


Synopsis

By the nationally best-selling author of The Seven Daughters of Eve, Adam's Curse investigates the ultimate evolutionary crisis: a man-free future. How is it possible that the Y chromosome, which separated the sexes and allowed humans to rise to the apex of the animal kingdom, also threatens to destroy sexual reproduction altogether? Bryan Sykes confronts recent advances in evolutionary theory to find the answers to the questions that inexorably follow: Is there a genetic cause for men's greed, aggression, and promiscuity? Could a male homosexual gene possibly exist? A must read for anyone interested in popular science, family genealogy, and today's infertility crisis, Adam's Curse provokes a shocking debate on the nature of sexual reproduction

About Bryan Sykes

Bryan Sykes is professor of human genetics at Oxford University. His company, Oxford Ancestors, traces human genetic backgrounds. Sykes's books include the "New York Times" bestseller "The Seven Daughters of Eve".


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kevin on December 01, 2023

First published in 2003, Adam’s Curse is very much a companion piece to Sykes’ earlier book The Seven Daughters of Eve (2001). Where the first publication focuses on mitochondrial DNA, a circular chromosome passed from mothers to daughters, this one centers around the Y chromosome, that biogenetic s......more

Goodreads review by صفاء on November 16, 2021

يقول أينشتاين: “إذا لم تستطع شرح فكرتك لطفل عمره 6 أعوام فأنت نفسك لم تفهمها بعد!” فأي أحمق يستطيع أن يجعل الأمور تبدو أكبر وأكثر تعقيداً، لكنها تحتاج للمسة من عبقري لتبدو أبسط! الكاتب براين سايكس قد طبق كلمات أينشتاين فقد استطاع شرح وتوصيل المعلومات بأسلوب سهل وبسيط ويمكن لاي شخص قراءة الكتاب وفهمه و......more

Goodreads review by Amr on May 28, 2013

قرأت منذ سنوات كتاب "سبع بنات لحواء" لنفس المؤلف المتخصص فى علم الوراثة "بريان سايكس" والذى نشر فى مكتبة الاسرة فى عهد "سمير سرحان" فى هذا الكتاب "سبع بنات لحواء" يعرض سايكس كيف امكن التوصل لحل العديد من الغاز التاريخ واصول الانسان عبر جينات الميتوكوندريا حيث ان جيناتها تورث فقط من خلال الام وبالتالى......more