The seven daughters of eve is a 2001 book by bryan sykes that presents the science of human mitochondrial genetics to a general audience sykes explains the principles of genetics and human evolution the particularities of mitochondrial dna and analyses of ancient dna to genetically link modern humans to prehistoric ancestors following the developments of mitochondrial genetics sykes traces back human migrations discusses the out of africa theory and casts serious doubt . The seven daughters of eve the science that reveals our genetic ancestry bryan sykes 43 o 36 valoraciones 1299 1299 descripcion de la editorial the national bestseller that reveals how we are descended from seven prehistoric women in 1994 bryan sykes was called in as an expert to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern italy for over 5000 years . Named helena jasmine kathrine tara ursula velda and xenia the seven daughters of the books title are women who lived some 10000 to 45000 years ago with nearly every european genetically linked to one of them figure 6 of the book reproduced below depicts the seven daughters dark circles along with their age and relationships the map not from the book shows where the seven women lived and what percentage of modern europeans are descendants of each. Free download or read online the seven daughters of eve the science that reveals our genetic ancestry pdf epub book the first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 2001 and was written by bryan sykes the book was published in multiple languages including english consists of 320 pages and is available in hardcover format the main characters of this science non fiction story