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

By: Sykes, Bryan.
Publisher: Berkshire, G.Britain : Corgi, c2004Description: 383 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 0552149896 (pbk.); 9780552149891 (pbk.).Subject(s): Y chromosome -- Popular works | Sex (Biology) -- Popular works | Human evolution -- Popular works | Genetics -- Popular works | Sociobiology -- Popular works | Y Chromosome -- Popular worksDDC classification: 599.936
Contents:
1. The original Mr Syke. 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. - Postscript. - Index.
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Includes index.

Originally published: London : Bantam Press, 2003.

1. The original Mr Syke. 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. - Postscript. - Index.

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