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Title

Adam's curse : a future without men / Bryan Sykes.

Author

Sykes, Bryan

Publication

London ; New York : Bantam Press, 2003.

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Description

x, 310 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

Drawing on his own work inmodern genetics and the theories of evolutionary biology, the author explores the mysteries of the science of sex and gender - He draws some controversial conclusions about the future for men.

Subject

• Y Chromosome
• Sociobiology
• Genetics
• Men
• Y chromosome > Popular works
• Sociobiology
• Human genetics
• Men

Genre/Form

• Popular Work
• Popular works
• Popular works.

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The Original Mr. Sykes -- 2. The Lonely Chromosome -- 3. Ribbons of Life -- 4. The Last Embrace -- 5. Sex and the Single Chromosome -- 6. How to Make a Man -- 7. Sex Tips from Fish -- 8. Why Bother with Sex? -- 9. The Ideal Republic -- 10. The Sense of Sex -- 11. The Separation of the Sexes -- 12. A War on Two Fronts -- 13. A Rage to Persuade -- 14. Men of the World -- 15. Blood of the Vikings -- 16. The Y-chromosome of Somhairle Mor -- 17. The Great Khan -- 18. The Old School Register -- 19. The Eleven Daughters of Tracy Lewis -- 20. The Slaughter of the Innocents -- 21. The Rise of the Tyrant -- 22. The Sperm of Tara -- 23. The Gay Gene Revisited -- 24. Gaia's Revenge -- 25. Lifting the Curse.

ISBN

• 0593050045 (cased)
• 0593050053 (tpb)

OCLC

• 51271651
• SCSB-10040425

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library