| Title:
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THE MOLECULE HUNT
HOW ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE BRINGING THE PAST BACK TO LIFE |
| By: |
Martin Jones |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0140289763 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780140289763 |
| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
12 August, 2002 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
Molecular archaeology is widely regarded as the most innovative field within contemporary archaeological science. This text offers an overview of this science, drawing on case studies and showing how dramatic developments in the tracing and decoding of DNA molecules have transformed archaeology. |
| Synopsis: |
Molecular archaeology is widely regarded as the most innovative field within contemporary archaeological science. Archaeologists are no longer searching for the most obvious, durable evidence of the human past, but since the early 1990s have moved on to detecting something more fragile and less visible - they are looking for what they can find in the molecules of organic tissues, particularly ancient DNA."The Molecule Hunt" offers an overview of this science, drawing on case studies and showing how dramatic developments in the tracing and decoding of DNA molecules have transformed archaeology. |
| Illustrations: |
index, bibliography |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Penguin Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |