My European Family: The First 54,000 Years

ISBN-13: 9781472941459 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 400 str.

Karin Bojs

Opis

The story of Europe and its people, told through its genetic legacy

Recenzje

Meticulous, up-to-date, and never tedious, [Bojs] draws from hundreds of scientific results to create a broad-brush picture of human evolution, showing us how DNA research is revolutionizing our knowledge of the past. Wall Street Journal

Spis treści

Introduction: The FuneralPART 1: THE HUNTERSChapter 1 : The Troll Child: 54,000 Years AgoChapter 2 : Neanderthals in LeipzigChapter 3 : The Flute PlayersChapter 4 : First on the Scene in EuropeChapter 5 : Mammoths in BrnoChapter 6 : Cro-MagnonChapter 7 : The First DogChapter 8 : DoggerlandChapter 9 : The Ice Age EndsChapter 10 : Dark Skin, Blue EyesChapter 11 : Climate and ForestsChapter 12 : Am I a Sami?Chapter 13 : Pottery Makes its AppearanceChapter 14 : The Farmers ArrivePART 2: THE FARMERSChapter 15 : SyriaChapter 16 : The Boat to CyprusChapter 17 : The First BeerChapter 18 : The Farmers ' Westward VoyagesChapter 19 : The Homes Built on the Graves of the DeadChapter 20 : Clashes in Pilsen and MainzChapter 21 : Sowing and SunriseChapter 22 : Farmers Arrive in SkaneChapter 23 : Otzi the IcemanChapter 24 : The Falbygden AreaChapter 25 : Hunters' and Farmers' GenesPART 3: THE INDO-EUROPEANSChapter 26 : The First StallionChapter 27 : DNA Sequences Provide Links with the EastChapter 28 : BattleaxesChapter 29 : Bell Beakers, Celts and StonehengeChapter 30 : The Nebra Sky Disc in HalleChapter 31 : The Rock EngraversChapter 32 : Iron and the PlagueChapter 33 : Am I a Viking?Chapter 34 : The MothersChapter 35 : The Legacy of Hitler and StalinThe Tree and the SpringQuestions and Answers about DNAReferences, Further Reading and Travel TipsAcknowledgementsIndex

O autorze

Karin Bojs is an author and science journalist. She was head of the science desk at Dagens Nyheter, the leading daily newspaper in Sweden, for nearly two decades. Karin has an honorary doctorate from Stockholm University, and has received several awards, including the 2015 Swedish August Prize for My European Family. Karin lives in Stockholm on top of a hill with a view over Lake Mälaren. She often leaves her apartment for her country house where she keeps honey bees, produces cider and maintains an orchid meadow. During the long, dark Scandinavian winter nights she enjoys dancing the tango.@KarinBojs Fiona Graham is Programme Director for the MA in Dramaturgy and Writing for Performance at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. She has worked as a freelance dramaturg for the last 20 years and has published a book, Performing Dramaturgy.