Adam's Curse : A Future Without Men

by Bryan Sykes

2020-04-22 02:16:18

The inside story of the Y chromosome's fatal flaw, as told by one of the world's leading geneticists. By the nationally best-selling author of The Seven Daughters of Eve, Adam's Curse investigates the ultimate evolutionary crisis: a man-free futu... Read more
The inside story of the Y chromosome's fatal flaw, as told by one of the world's leading geneticists. 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. Less

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File size8.4x5.5x0.9inches
Print pages320
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
Publication date May 10, 2005
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780393326802
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Bryan Sykes is Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Oxford, has had a remarkable scientific career in genetics. After undertaking medical research into the causes of inherited bone disease...

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