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Adam's Curse: A Future Without Men
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LENGTH12 hrs and 7 mins
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RELEASE DATE06-27-12
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Program TypeAudiobook
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In his astonishing New York Times best seller, The Seven Daughters of Eve, Oxford University geneticist Bryan Sykes showed that nearly all Europeans are descended from seven women. Now Sykes tackles what may be the most provocative question geneticists have ever considered: Are we facing a future where men become extinct? Bold, controversial, and endlessly fascinating, Adam’s Curse is certain to spark discussion and provoke debate.
©2004 Bryan Sykes (P)2004 Recorded Books
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Nicki CA, United States 11-30-12 Member Since 2009Listening and loving it!
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As a fan of Bryan Sykes' earlier book, The Seven Daughters of Eve, I expected to find this book fascinating, and it was.
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Jacquelyn PORT TOWNSEND, WA, United States 08-15-12 Member Since 2011I am a painter of paintings and I listen to learn about science, primarily. Ideas I hear adhere to the paint.
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"Quietly Explosive"
Would you listen to Adam's Curse again? Why?I already have listened to it several times. It's crammed with import and information that takes careful consideration to fully comprehend.
What did you like best about this story?Knowing that the Y chromosome has self-interest and uses its host to further its reproductive success. Knowing that much of what's wrong with the world is because of this fact. It explains why men want sons.
Women should want daughters and their mitochondrial DNA will do it's best to produce daughters. But women are partly captive. It is still a world dominated by men.
The battle lines of the sexes are really the battle lines between these two primary agents.
This book ties in quite beautifully with the other books I've been listening several times to...especially The Swerve.
From Democracy in Ancient Greece, to the power of Rome and the Vatican and the amazing corruptness in the Papacy...to today and what is happening with the greed of bankers and corporations. The similarities are so striking it seems bizarre that an educated world doesn't band together to control them. We are not slaves to our DNA, we have free will and the capacity to shape a world that stands up to what one banker complained about...that they can't help themselves, it's in their DNA to do what they do. And it is. But that's the idea behind free will and sentience. We are not simply puppets of our DNA we are capable of making a world in which there is live, liberty and most importantly of all, the pursuit of happiness. This is the lesson of Epicurius told by Lucretius in De Rerum Natura as told by one of the best story-tellers, Stephen Greenblatt.
Have you listened to any of Christopher Kay’s other performances before? How does this one compare?No
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?Aha. That's why.
Any additional comments?nope.
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