The Molecule Hunt by Martin Jones

The Molecule Hunt by Martin Jones

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Archaeologists are no longer searching for evidence of the human past, but they are looking for what they can find in the molecules of organic tissues, particularly ancient DNA. This work offers an overview of this science. Drawing on case studies, it shows how developments in the tracing and decoding of DNA molecules have transformed archaeology.

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The Molecule Hunt by Martin Jones

Molecular archaeology is the most innovative field within contemporary archaeological science. Archaeologists are no longer searching for the most obvious, durable evidence of the human past, but in the last ten years 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 new science, drawing on case studies and showing how dramatic developments in the tracing and decoding of DNA molecules have transformed archaeology.
Martin Jones is an environmental archaeologiest and the George Pitt-Rivers Professor of Archaeological Science at Cambridge University.
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ISBN 13 9780140289763
ISBN 10 0140289763
Titre The Molecule Hunt
Auteur Martin Jones
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Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur Penguin Books Ltd
Année de publication 2002-08-12
Nombre de pages 288
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