Since a good part of what my company does is focused on genetic ancestry, I figured I ought to bone up on what the Y chromosome can tell us (and got the bonus of learning a bit more about mitochondrial DNA since he couldn't help but slip that in as well). While he did tell a number of interesting stories about discoveries led to through the study of the Y chromosome, the book eventually devolves into Dr. Sykes's self-indulgent and hypothesizing, which he generally doesn't support with fact. I find it a bit irresponsible to mix fact with possible fiction so blithely, because if you're not used to reading this sort of thing, it's not always obvious where one ends and the other begins.

The self-consciously flowery prose got to me eventually too. It just wasn't evoking the Scottish Highlands and that gets tiring.

That being said, he is a much better writer than most scientists. And at least he tries!

Interesting information about Y-DNA, but he ties it to a rather lame thesis about Y-DNA being the source of humanity's problems and thus enthuses over the idea of a world without men. If you ignore the philosophizing, it is an interesting read.

مدهشة جدًا جدًا المعلومات في هذا الكتاب .

you don't really need a medical background to read this book, i find it highly informative and it explains why probably women are more capable of surviving(genetically) more than men

Another interesting story about genetic research. Bryan Sykes takes a look into the Y chromosome. He describes other ways than sex to propagate a species, using animals and plants. He theorizes how our species might change our ways in the future, and shows how some special men, like Genghis Khan, have left a huge genetic imprint on the world. Entertaining and informative.

The biology of gender parts of this book are interesting, though there a couple of narrative sections I didn't care for at all: The first is a first person account of the author in the lab doing genetic tests in excessive detail, the other is a children's book like story of 'Gaia' watching the rise of humanity over geological time.

Many experiments the author carries out lack scientific rigor but I'll grant that he his only making an illustration for a popular audience and not trying to submit something to a journal.

Lots of speculative science and several very radical solutions to the 'Adam's Curse', all very intriguing and could be good material for a few science fiction stories.

Bryan Sykes' book, "The Adam's Curse," offers a profound exploration into understanding the genetic makeup of both women and men. It opens the door to a clearer understanding of the potential dangers that the future holds for the male lineage. Furthermore, the book provides an exciting glimpse into how reproductive methods might evolve in the future. By demonstrating how the world could exist within a female-dominated societal framework in the future, this work broadens our horizons. Sykes' book invites us on an engaging and thought-provoking journey into the realms of genetic science and societal change.


Bryan Sykes'in "Adem'in Laneti" kitabı, kadının ve erkeğin genetik yapısını anlama konusundaki derinlemesine bir keşfe kapı aralıyor. Bu, gelecekte erkek neslini bekleyen tehlikeleri daha net bir şekilde anlamamıza yardımcı oluyor. Ayrıca kitap, üreme biçimlerinin gelecekte nasıl evrilebileceğine dair heyecan verici bir bakış sunuyor. Bu eser, gelecekte dünyanın kadın egemen bir toplum düzeni içinde nasıl yaşanabileceğini göstererek, ufuklarımızı genişletiyor. Sykes'in kitabı, genetik bilim ve toplumsal değişim konularında ilgi çekici ve düşündürücü bir yolculuğa davet ediyor.

This book was disappointing after the author's earlier book on the Seven Daughters of Eve. In his study of the Y-chromosome and the genetic basis for sex, gender, and power, Sykes often spends too much time on tedious scientfic process and less time exploring the bigger picture of the scientific story. The history and genealogy that he explores are really interesting, but too small a part of the book. And his speculation about the social ramifications of genetics both now and looking way into the future just comes off as somewhere between wacky and infuriating. Skip this one, just read the Seven Daughters of Eve.

Daha önce yazarın Havva'nın Yedi Kızı kitabını okumuştum. O kitapta mitokondriyal DNA'nın izini sürerek kadın atalarımızı ortaya çıkarıyordu. Adem'in Laneti'nde ise Y kromozomunun izini sürerek erkek cinsiyetinin geleceğini öngörmeye çalışıyor. İlk kitap ikincisine göre daha heyecanlı ve şaşırtıcı sonuçlara ulaşıyordu. Adem'in Laneti geçmişe değil de daha çok geleceğe ışık tutmak için yazılmış gibi.

PS: Bu arada erkekler için tünelin ucu hiç de iyi bir yere çıkmıyor.

Very interesting indeed. I'm just not completely satisfied with Sykes' explanation of just how, mechanically, genes are really the driving, almost willful force behind natural selection. So the force of the Y-chromosome, not will as a neurological process, was what led the Vikings and Genghis Khan to conquer, dominate, acquire wealth, subjugate & impregnate the village women? The more I think about it, I can guess he's saying that the genes that make the body produce testosterone in a given quantity are switched on by the Y-chromosome. But to me there's just a little too much anthropomorphism going on in his explanations.

But definitely a good read, for the most part. Not at all dry. I plan to read Sykes' Saxons, Vikings and Celts next, since I recently learned my Y-chromosome haplotype, coming by way of Scotland, probably means I'm descended from Viking marauders myself!

Konu ilginç ama benim için biraz fazla teknikti açıkçası atlıyarak okuyabildim

More reading on humans through their DNA, in this case, the Y chromosome. Very interesting.