Adam's Curse: A Future without Men

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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 599.936 EAN: 9782702890493 Format: Bargain Price ISBN: 2702890490 Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: 2004-03-31
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Editorial Reviews: Timely and fascinating, this work covers a wealth of controversial topics, including whether there is a genetic cause for male greed, aggression, and promiscuity; the possible existence of a male homosexual gene; and what, if anything, can be done to save men from a slow, but certain, extinction.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: After Eve's excitement, Adam is a little dull Comment: I read Bryan Sykes' Seven Daughters of Eve several times and found it very interesting every time. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for Adam's Curse. The comparisons to how fish and other creatures reproduce are dull and I find it easy to put down the book in the middle of a chapture. Customer Rating: Summary: Sykes Comment: I have just begun reading this book, it deals with the male side of the family. Finding out that the Y chromosome is only in males is a suprise to me & probably to others. Sykes is great in telling the average person all about DNA chr& what it does & how it plays a role in humans... Customer Rating: Summary: A Fasinating Read Comment: This was a fascinating book, really fascinating. And the audio book was even better (because it kills two birds with one stone: hearing a fabulous tale and getting from A to B without total boredom or road rage.) I recommend this book which concentrates on the male Y chromosome and it's companion, The Seven Daughters of Eve by the same author which traces mDNA or mitachondrial DNA that is passed only down through women. Customer Rating: Summary: So true! Comment: After reading this book, I have a whole new view of the male of our species. So many things about males became clear. The aggression, the laziness, the superior attitude which is so misplaced. Ladies! A must read! Customer Rating: Summary: Disappointing Comment: OK, I loved Sykes' book "The Seven Daughters of Eve." So I wanted to read this one as well. Very disappointing. For one thing, I couldn't care less about the mating and reproductive habits of insects. For another, while I understand his wish to clarify things scientifically, I thought some of his opinions about women and homosexuality were pretty outlandish. There were a few interesting things in the book. The parts about Ghengis Khan would be one example. But my biggest issue with the book is that Sykes seems to have gotten way too full of himself and way too focused on "being a writer." Please! Do I really care what the weather was like or what the library looked like when he got idea XYZ? What made the other book so engaging was that he was just telling about the excitement of the discovery process and some of the possibilities for these women who many of us are descended from. More Reviews