John--I thank you for posting this. I have been meaning to buy this since it first came out nearly some many years ago. I've always been intrigued with one of the first parts of the book of Genesis, which says something to effect of "The Sons of God married the Daughters of Man" and then goes on to say "There were giants on the Earth in those days." The study of Comparative Religion and Comparative Mythology are handmaidena to this DNA work. Alas, o many questions, so few answers. It seems so hard to believe that our collective pyscho-genetic memory is completely wiped out as to where "we" came from. This will be interesting. Craig Kilby On Dec 21, 2008, at 5:49 PM john.blankenbaker@comcast.net wrote > Subject: [GERMANNA] The Seven Daughters of Eve > T > The Seven Daughters of Eve > > This book, by Bryan Sykes, was mentioned here recently. It sounded > interesting and I have just finished reading it. I recommend it to > everyone for a good read. The thesis of book is that ninety-five or > more percent of the people living in Europe are descended from just > seven different women....The last third of the book is fiction as > Mr. Sykes creates women and lives for the seven daughters. Even > though it is fiction, it is still very interesting. One is reminded > that life for our ancestors was not easy. >