Apparently we can all trace our ancestors back to just one of 7 women through mitachondrial DNA.

BOOKRAY (Australia - NZ only)

hillcat - NSW
mistlerose - VIC
Tramgirl - - VIC
puppymummy - VIC
Wirigerie - SA
catsalive - NSW
bookfairy65 - NSW
Funkybamboozle - NSW
Loopylou127 - NSW ** book is here
c-a-m - NSW
ShilpaM - NSW
lytteltonwitch - NZ

arrived today safe and well. Thanks for the chance to read this book.

I found this book very interesting. It was easy to read and it explained things very well. I would like to know more about mitachondrial DNA.

RELEASE NOTES:

being sent by mail. should take a couple of days.

Got this in the post last night from Mistlerose, it has been added to the pile but I'm looking forward to reading this as someone at meetup had raved about it!

This was a very interesting read, albeit a little heavy going at the beginning, but definitely makes you curious about which of the 7 clan mothers you may have originated from (if you are of European descent like myself). It took a while to get into b/c the beginning does go on about genetics, DNA, and all the bits that make that work but it was good that it was broken up with the stories of putting the research into practice. I really enjoyed the 7 stories at the end and reading the authors interpretation of what the lives of the women may have been like.

This will be passed on to Puppymummy at the next meetup on March 8th.

Received at meetup tonight. Happy to discuss mitochondrial DNA anytime - my degree is in genetics.

Arrived safely today.
Love the label - well done whoever made it!

Oops! I forgot to journal what I thought of it.
I was a little worried when I read this that it would involve too much talking-down for me - genetics is not easy to understand, and explaining it can take a lot of space. Because I already understand it, those sections were quite boring for me, but it was salvaged by the stories about the beginnings of science - for example, using a kettle and a waterbath for PCR, when I'd done that experiment earlier that day using the latest machines. Also the scientific rivalries and how they were resolved was a fascinating story for me.
In general I enjoyed the book, but it would have been improved if he hadn't been so specific about the descriptions of the lives of the seven progenitors. For example, at the end he states that all of these were quite normal women chosen purely by chance, yet during the stories that he makes up they were well-known artists, or innovative farmers or so on. I would have preferred a description of the history of the time and what life may have been like rather than the very specific descriptions given.
Thanks to hillcat for the opportunity to read this!

Received from wirigerie at the Brisbane Convention trivia night. It's in my pile of bookrings & will be read ASAP.

I gave this to Catsalive at the Brisbane Convention before I journalled it.

This was a very readable book. Extremely interesting. I think the lives that Bryan Sykes made up made the seven women more alive and real somehow.

This is proving very interesting reading. I'm just letting my mind slip over any bits that get too technical - not that there are many. Still have a way to go yet.

Brilliantly written for the layperson and it kept me interested the whole way through. Probably because Sykes was so excited by the whole thing. Makes me want to find out what clan I'm from but I checked the website & it's way out of my price-range.

Thanks hillcat. Off to bookfairy65 today. Enjoy!

Thanks hillcat for making this a bookring, and to catsalive for sending it to me. I've been looking forward to reading this one. Will get to it ASAP.

I just could not get into this book, although I tried really hard to because everyone so far had given it good reviews. I wanted to give up after about 70 pages, forced myself to read up to about 150, and then thought "What's the point, I'm not really enjoying this at all".

All is not lost though, there was one part in the book where I got quite excited to realise I had conducted the exact same experiment (some 20 years ago) as the author to determine what effect, if any, the human stomach has on the blue colouring of Curacao. I am pleased to say I came to the same conclusion as the author.

I will get this out to funkybamboozle this week.

I read the story about the Ice Man found on the Italian.Austrian border a few years ago; in fact, it was my first release I think. This story intrigued me and I am delighted to have received "The Secen daughters of Eve" as it will provide me with an oppurtunity to explore human genetics and ancestory a little further. Thank you.

Wow! What a book! I loved this and was nearly convinced by the end of it to send my DNA off to be testing (there's a form at the back of the book) to see which clan I belong to. The 150 pound fee convinced me that it wasnt something I REALLY need to know at the moment.

I found this book very easy to read. Sykes has provided lots of information about genetics in laymans terms so us non-scientists can follow what he is talking about. Sykes is obviously very passionate about the subject and it oozes out of his pages - at one point, he had me believing that a change of career into the area of genetics would be interesting. He certainly is inspiring.

This was written in 2001, so I would be interested to read further studies about this theory.

Will mail out to next recipient when Ive received their address

I am yet to receive a reply from Loopylou127 regarding her address. Does anyone else have it? Ill post a request on BCAUS

Hi guys thats for sending this on, sorry internet access is a little bit rare at the mo. so is reading time I have a couple ahead but really wanted to read this. I'll journal as soon as I start. Oh and thanks Funky for your detective work :P