The Origins of the British: The New Prehistory of Britain

Zusatztext Particularly illuminating ... The author carefully lays out the genetic data that show how three-quarters of Britishness dates to the repopulation after the northern ice sheets last retreated! and takes us through a fascinating investigation of what this means for some cherished notions of Britishness. Informationen zum Autor Stephen Oppenheimer, author of Eden in the East, qualified in medicine from Oxford to begin a career in tropical paediatrics. He has spent 20 years working and travelling in the Far East and Pacific region and is a world-recognised expert in the synthesis of DNA studies with archaeological and other evidence to track ancient migrations. His first book Eden in the East: The Drowned Continent of Southeast Asia challenged the orthodox view of the origins of Polynesians as rice farmers from Taiwan. Klappentext This is the first book to put the Brits in their place - genetically. It offers a revolutionary theory about the origins of the British people, based on the very latest genetic evidence. Oppenheimer proves that Celtic ethnicity is a valid genetic concept and that there is indeed a deep genetic line dividing the English from the rest of the British people. 'British prehistory will never look the same again.' Professor Colin Renfrew, University of Cambridge Zusammenfassung 'British prehistory will never look the same again.' Professor Colin Renfrew, University of Cambridge

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer Stephen
• Publisher: Robinson Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.04.2007
• EAN: 9781845294823
• ISBN: 978-1-84529-482-3
• No. of pages: 656
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 199 mm x 42 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Scandinavia