Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
WASPs finally get their due in this stimulating history by one of the world's leading geneticists.Saxons, Vikings, and Celts is the most illuminating book yet to be written about the genetic history of Britain and Ireland. Through a systematic, ten-year DNA survey of more than 10, 000
volunteers, Bryan Sykes has traced the true genetic makeup of British Islanders and
their descendants. This historical travelogue and genetic tour of the fabled isles, which includes accounts of the Roman invasions and Norman
conquests, takes readers from the Pontnewydd cave in North Wales, where a 300, 000-year-old tooth was discovered, to the resting place of "The Red Lady" of Paviland, whose anatomically…
For anyone interested in the history of the Isles, this book is a must. It fills in much detail missing from the usual archaeology and history texts by focussing on the use of DNA as an historical… I feel this excellent book explores all that we have wondered about in the Celtic past and blends the modern DNA with history in an exciting way.
