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The Seven Daughters of Eve and Me
February 20, 2022 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
The Seven Daughters of Eve is a 2001 semi-fictional book by Bryan Sykes that presents, to a general audience, the science of the origin of humans in Africa and how they spread around the world. Sykes explains the principles of genetics and human evolution, how mitochondrial DNA is inherited, and how the analysis of ancient DNA links our prehistoric ancestors to modern humans.
In 1991, Otzi, the prehistoric Iceman, was found frozen in the Italian Alps. Then, Oxford geneticist Bryan Sykes made the astonishing discovery that Otzi’s DNA matched with a lady in Dorset, England. This started Bryan Sykes’ quest to unravel the genetic history of Europe, and later, of the world.
Specifically, you inherit your mitochondrial DNA exclusively from your mother, and your mother inherited hers from her mother, and so on. This matrilineal DNA, for Europeans, is traced back to seven prehistoric mothers in various locations in Europe. Who were they? What were they like? What does it mean for us? This is all discussed in The Seven Daughters of Eve. EHST Member Mike Conrad will present this program to us.
This meeting is a Zoom “hybrid” meeting. We will meet at our regular venue, Extraordinary Ventures, where the program will take place. We will also Zoom the program. If you wish to attend via Zoom, please email info@ncethicalsociety.org with your first and last name to be registered as an attendee for this program.
