My European family : the first 54,000 years
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- ISBN: 9781472941473
- ISBN: 1472941470
- ISBN: 9781472941466
- ISBN: 1472941462
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Physical Description:
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400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, some color ; 22 cm. - Publisher: London ; Bloomsbury Sigma, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
General Note: | "First published in Sweden in 2015 by Albert Bonniers Forlag, as Min Europeiska Familj"--Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-393) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: The funeral -- Part 1: The hunters. The troll child : 54,000 years ago ; Neanderthals in Leipzig ; The flute players ; First on the scene in Europe ; Mammoths in Brno ; Cro-Magnon ; The first dog ; Doggerland ; The Ice Age ends ; Dark skin, blue eyes ; Climate and forests ; Am I a Sami? ; Pottery makes its appearance ; The farmers arrive -- Part 2: The farmers. Syria ; The boat to Cyprus ; The first beer ; The farmers' westward voyages ; The homes built on the graves of the dead ; Clashes in Pilsen and Mainz ; Sowing and sunrise ; Farmers arrive in Skåne ; Ötzi the Iceman ; The Falbygden area ; Hunters' and farmers' genes -- Part 3: The Indo-Europeans. The first stallion ; DNA sequences provide links with the East ; Battleaxes ; Bell beakers, Celts and Stonehenge ; The Nebra sky disc in Halle ; The rock engravers ; Iron and the plague ; Am I a Viking? ; The mothers ; The legacy of Hitler and Stalin -- The tree and the spring -- Questions and answers about DNA. |
Awards Note: | August Prize, 2015. |
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Subject: | Bojas family Genetic genealogy Population genetics -- Europe Europe -- Antiquities |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Portage la Prairie Regional Library | 599.935 BOJ (Text) | 3675000205499 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |