Draw the Line: A Sexual Harassment Free Workplace (Psi Successful Business Library)

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The fact is that nearly 60% of all women in the workplace have been victims of sexual harassment. With employment-related complaints making up a disproportionately high percentage of lawsuits filed today, it's time to draw the line on sexual harassment.

Currently fewer than half of all businesses have a sexual harassment policy in place leaving them open to costly, yet preventable legal action. Although establishing such a policy seems like a simple procedure, it's not. Many employees don't recognize what comments and actions can be classified as harassment.

Employers can be held liable not only for the actions of employees, but also for the actions of any person an employee must deal with including vendors and clients. This one-of-a-kind guide tells you exactly where and how to draw the line so that employees will respect and follow company policy in any work-related situation.

Draw The Line will help you:
* Explain legal requirements in clear language
* Use sample sexual harassment policy guidelines, complaint forms and disciplinary letters
* Learn to recognize remarks and actions that are legally actionable
* Use cost-effective solutions if a suit is filed

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Insultingly basic, no new information.......2003-10-25

I read this book with high hopes of learning something about avoiding sexual harassment in the workplace I provide. I was shocked to learn this was written by a lawyer - it was badly organized and so basic as to be at best laughable, and at worse insulting! I can only guess that the glowing customer reviews must have been written by Ms. Lynch herself! I want my money back, please!!

Excellent reference manual!.......2000-01-14

I found "Draw the Line" to be an excellent reference for basic questions and concerns regarding sexual harassment avoidance in a small business. It helped me tremendously in defining rules and boundaries within my business. The book speaks clearly and definitively about potential problem situations. It approaches the topic of sexual harassment from a legal prevention standpoint. This book is not about what one does after a sexual harassment situation has occurred, but is rather about how to avoid ever getting into a legal bind over a thoughtless comment. It discusses in detail the differences between a harmless joke or comment, and a comment that might lead to legal action. This book is written for any average business owner, and does not get bogged down in difficult legal terms and concepts. It's easy and entertaining to read, and I would recommend it to anyone having questions about sexual harassment issues in their business.

Did not like the book.......1999-01-07

I thought the book was very outdated and did not contain any of the "real" information I was looking for.

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Whether you are suffering under the crushing weight of financial hardship or merely living paycheck to paycheck, you'll find answers and insights in this book that will give you the courage to declare I'll Never Be Broke Another Day of My Life!

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Me Too!!!.......2003-10-09

I love this book. I was highlighting this book until it looked like I painted all of the pages yellow (laugh). This book is a good book about financial prosperity. 'I'll Never Be Broke Another Day In My Life' should be on the bookshelves of every Believer. There are alot of Christians who are against teachings on financial prosperity. I'm not one of those Christians. I'm a Believer who wants to receive ALL that God has for me. I listend to the tape series (I'll Never Be Broke...) first and then I purchased the book.

Dr. Thompson shows you how you'll never have to worry about any lack or shortage in your life. The word 'broke' is not limited to just money, but it means 'to be without'. The principles in this book shows you how to no longer 'be without' healing; 'be without' wisdom; 'be without' the Anointing; and especially to 'be without' finances. I received full knowledge, wisdom, understanding, and revelation from the prophetic teachings from this book. I recommend this book for the prosperous Believers. I guarantee that after you read 'I'll Never Be Broke Another Day In My Life' you will be saying 'Me Too!'

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The Measure Of International Law: Effectiveness, Fairness And Validity (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Council on International Law)

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The Measure of International Law; Effectiveness, Fairness and Validity; Proceedings.
Canada) Conference Of The Canadian Council On International Law (31st: 2002: Ottawa
Manufacturer: Kluwer Law International
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ASIN: B000N6778Y

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Nearly 700 species of plants may become extinct by the year 2000. Faced with this overwhelming prospect, plant conservationists must take advantage of every technique available. This unique work summarizes our current knowledge of the genetics and population biology of rare plants, and integrates it with practical conservation recommendations. It features discussions on the distribution and significance of genetic variation, management and evaluation of rare plant germplasm, and conservation strategies for genetic diversity. Case studies focusing on specific problems offer important insights for today's challenges in rare plant conservation.

Biology of Rarity: Causes and Consequences of Rare-Common Differences (Population and Community Biology Series)

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Biology of Rarity: Causes and Consequences of Rare-Common Differences (Population and Community Biology Series)

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ASIN: 0412633809

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The study of rare species has long fascinated biologists. Rare and common species may differ in body size, dispersal, reproduction and many other respects. The Biology of Rarity reviews documented patterns of such differences, and considers the methodological difficulties plaguing their interpretation. This book provides an unusually wide ranging picture of how patterns of species differences can be maintained.
The authors consider the potential roles of community assembly rules and speciation in biasing the set of species that become rare, of extinction in `editing' that set, and the potential for changes in ecology, genetics and evolution to transform the characteristics of rare species over time. The potential role of phylogenetic comparisons in disentangling these processes is considered, along with potential applications to conservation biology.

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Studying the distribution of certain elements, present in very low concentrations in igneous and metamorphic rocks, can yield important clues about the rocks' origin and evolution. Trace elements do not give rise to characteristic minerals, but their behaviour can be modelled to provide historical information about the source magma. This book brings together the essential theory required to understand the behaviour of trace elements in magmas and magma-derived rocks. It presents a wide range of models and mechanisms which explain trace element distribution. Trace Elements in Magmas provides an excellent resource for graduate students, petrologists, geochemists and mineralogists, as well as researchers in geophysics and materials science.

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An updated and revised second edition of the acclaimed classic
Have you ever wondered why the sky is blue, or a ruby red? This classic volume studies the physical and chemical origins of color by exploring fifteen separate causes of color and their varied and often subtle occurrences in biology, geology, mineralogy, the atmosphere, technology, and the visual arts. It covers all of the fundamental concepts at work and requires no specialized knowledge.
Author Kurt Nassau includes hundreds of illustrations, tables, and photographs-as well as end-of-chapter problems-that aid in visualizing the concepts discussed. An updated bibliography permits readers to pursue their own particular interests and an expanded series of appendices cover advanced topics.
The Physics and Chemistry of Color, Second Edition is a one-of-a-kind treatment of color that provides both detailed physical and chemical properties of color and a more general overview of the subject. It will prove highly useful to specialists and non-specialists alike-and fascinate those with varied interests from optics to art history.

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Practical, rigorous, informative and interesting - for curious people.......2007-03-09

What I like about this book is the relation between the practical and intuitive side of color (e.g. color perception, minerals, art preservation, everyday objects) and the scientific and technical side (e.g. electronics and vibrational interactions, classical and quantum physical phenomena, chemistry). The topics in this book tie loose ends of knowledge together and makes you go "Ahhhh! I guess I _knew_ that, but I was never able to tie them together before!". You're guaranteed to learn or relearn several new things every time you read the book. I have had several inquires about selling the book, but have always turned them down. This is one of the few books which inspire you to be curious about the world.

A very readable treatment of the subject.......1999-06-08

Nassau succeeds in presenting a very readable treatment on the causes of color in natural and synthetic materials. He strikes a good balance between technical detail and ease of digestion, and leaves the more complex material for appendices.

The volume is enlightening, informative, fairly complete and enjoyable reading, even for those casually interested in the subject.

Very readable reference work for science people........1999-03-12

Discusses a number of topics in a short and clear way. Of course more topics could be discussed and more in depth, but Nassau does a good job keeping the book small and pleasantly readable. After reading it you will have gained a fair insight in the diversity of colour generation. Photo's could be better.

Extremely interesting and comprehensive discussion........1997-11-03

The book goes through the causes of color in a very well organized manner. The author discusses incandescence, fluorescence, phosphorescence, ligand field theory and all other causes of color. It is written so that any reader with a bachelors degree in chemistry or physics could easily understand it. It contains very informative appendices. I highly recommend the book to science types who are interested in color and its causes.

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This album of essays, photographs, stories, and art chronicles some of the people and events that have played--and continue to play--a role in the lives of Native families in the Bay Area Indian community over the past seventy years. It offers insight into American Indian activism of the 1960s and '70s--including the occupation of Alcatraz--and shows how the Indian community continues to be created and re-created for future generations. Together, these perspectives weave a richly textured portrait that offers an extraordinary inside view of American Indian urban life.

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Available as part of the five-volume set Key Writings on Subcultures 1535-1727 or as a single volume, this work reprints Hayward's 1927 edition of this immensely popular eighteenth-century series on the lives, crimes, and executions of well-known lawbreakers.

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"In describing their comprehensive proposal for negotiations with North Korea, O'Hanlon and Mochizuki exhibit the strategic creativity and analytical depth badly needed by United States policy makers dealing with this strange, dangerous place."

--Ash Carter, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

IN EARLY 2002, in his fateful state of the union address, President Bush described North Korea as being a member of the "Axis of Evil." Since then, the U.S. has gone to war with Iraq, and the world now wonders what the future of Bush's preemption policy will bring. Many of the nation's top experts feel that North Korea is a more imminent threat than Saddam's Iraq was. They have a nuclear program, a million-man army, and missiles to deploy and export.

In Crisis on the Korean Peninsula, Michael O'Hanlon, a Senior Fellow at Brooking and visiting lecturer at Princeton, and Mike Mochizuki, endowed chair in Japan-US Relations at G.W. University, not only examine this issue in detail but also offer a comprehensive blueprint for diffusing the crisis with North Korea. Their solution comes in the form of a "grand bargain" with North Korea. Accords could be negotiated step-by-step, however they need to be guided by a broad and ambitious vision that addresses not only the nuclear issue but also the conventional forces on the hyper-militarized peninsula and the ongoing decline of the North Korean economy.

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Excellent info but flawed analysis.......2007-06-20

I thought the authors did a good job at analyzing the whole situation in North Korea, and their solution would work except for one fatal flaw: Kim Jong Il cannot be negotiated with. Period. He is a pathological liar. He deceived us in 1994, and he will deceive us again. He lies not only to the world but to his own people. Mark my words, peace will only come when Kim Jong Il is out of power and Korea is reunited under a democratic regime. Only then will the threat be gone.

Interesting insightful proposal, but drawn out too long.......2004-03-08

While this argument offers an insightful proposal on dealing with N. Korea (backed up by a great deal of stats) it should have been an article not a book. The book begins to get very repetitive fast, and offers information for the purpose of backing the argument (Grand bargain offered to N. Korea). This is not a book to tell one about life in N. Korea, its past history, or details about its Leader and his "pleasure squad" and Japanese kidnappings. This is a policy proposal, a very well formulated one, to deal with N. Korea right now. The argument is stretched out to fit into book form, and gets redundant after some reading. An interesting perspective, but leaves one wanting for another book.

A grand bargain for the hermit kingdom.......2003-12-31

There are few places in the world more dangerous than the Korean peninsula; yet after a decade of engagement with North Korea, the world is no closer to resolving this potentially disastrous stalemate. After the 1994 framework de facto broke down in 2002, all bets about how to deal with North Korea were off. The world had to start over.

America was not only focused on Iraq (thus putting on hold dealing with North Korea), but it also lacked any comprehensive plan for diffusing the crisis. The purpose of the "Crisis in the Korean Peninsula," by Michael O'Hanlon and Mike Mochizuki, is to fill this gap and offer a broad strategy about what to do with North Korea.

The plan is both comprehensive and ambitious. In fact, ambition is its chief attraction; Mr. O'Hanlon and Mr. Mochizuki do not want to diffuse the crisis, they want to resolve it. That means offering North Korea an alternative future with more security and more prosperity. This "grand bargain" entails abandoning nuclear weapons, reducing conventional forces, obtaining security guarantees from America, reforming economically (modeled after China or Viet Nam), launching a dialogue on human rights, and returning Japanese kidnapped victims.

The big question, of course, is whether such a plan is realistic. The authors do their best to show that it is. America, China, Russia, South Korea and Japan can all benefit from stability and prosperity in the peninsula. What about North Korea? This is an enigma, but the authors' argument that Pyongyang might go for it is both persuasive and interesting.

When everything else has failed, there is little harm in changing course. But Mr. O'Hanlon and Mr. Mochizuki have produced a great vision from this dead end; this book is an incisive look into the history of the conflict with North Korea and a road map to solving it. At least, if this plan fails, the authors argue, the world will know for sure that there is no reform for North Korea--no carrots, just sticks. But their plan surely deserves a chance to work first.

How to avoid nuclear war - read this book!.......2003-11-22

Michael O'Hanlon is one of the most brilliant and perceptive writers on strategic issues around today, as many of his many readers in the Los Angeles Times know well. Now pairing up with the other Mike at the Brookings, he does not disappoint his many fans with this superbly written new book. With North Korea there is no doubt about whether or not this rogue state possesses many weapons of lethal danger, nuclear being among them. But that means that to negotiate with a regime as dangerous as the North Korean takes endless tact and wisdom - failure could result in the deaths of millions of people. It is precisely such wisdom that the two Mikes of the Brookings provide us - so start praying now that their wisdom prevails, that the threat is dealt with peacefully and that war will not come to Asia, as many understandably fear. Christopher Catherwood, author of CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS AND ISLAMIC RAGE (Zondervan, 2003) and THE BALKANS IN WORLD WAR 2 (Palgrave, 2003)

Not a Bad Idea, But What If...........2003-10-24

In the book, Crisis on the Korean Peninsula: How to Deal with a Nuclear Armed Korea, authors Michael O'Hanlon and Mike Mochizuki offer a grand strategy for securing American interests in Northeast Asia and for integrating North Korea into the international arena. It is a thoughtful plan and O'Hanlon and Mochizuki cannot be faulted for their lack of strategic vision. However, it is a plan that hinges on some problematic assumptions, and that is therefore riskier than the authors suggest.

O'Hanlon and Mochizuki argue for a strategy that they say is a middle ground between the accommodating diplomacy of the Clinton Administration and the more confrontational Bush Administration. In their view, Bush's approach to North Korea risks backing Pyongyang into a confrontation on a peninsula where any conflict would bring on devastation far beyond what South Korea and the United States would be prepared to accept. By contrast, while they see the Clinton Administration's 1994 Framework agreement as somewhat successful in temporarily capping North Korea's nuclear program, they readily admit that it established a precedent for encouraging Pyongyang to pursue nuclear blackmail and that it was not effective in blocking the North from cheating.

Consequently, the authors push for what they call a Grand Bargain, in which the United States, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea would offer North Korea extensive economic aid and security guarantees, including a peace treaty and non-aggression pact, in return for significant reductions in both conventional and WMD under a rigorous verification regimen. O'Hanlon and Mochizuki argue, convincingly, that North Korea could not win a military conflict, and that given the qualitative disparities between Pyongyang and the allies, significant reductions could be undertaken without endangering South Korean or American security. In the long run, the authors argue that Pyongyang may gradually be drawn into peaceful reunification.

There is no doubt that this strategy has much merit, and that its analysis of the current military balance of power on the peninsula is as described. However, the success of the author's approach depends on two untested assumptions: 1) That North Korea truly wants to modernize its economy and would be willing to trade away its military forces for a settlement, and 2) that the West would be able to respond quickly to any North Korean failure to abide by a deal.

As regards the first point, the authors provide some evidence that North Korea would like to modernize its economy, but the evidence is not conclusive. Kim Jong Il has indeed demonstrated some willingness to reform the catastrophic North Korean economy, but for the most part this has been to insure the military might of the regime, not to modernize it. Indeed, the benefits of such reforms as their have been thus far have gone almost entirely to the military. What is more, in the way the authors structure their arms reduction proposal, further benefits would accrue to a North Korean military that would have shed itself of useless and obsolescent equipment, thereby making it more dangerous.

In and of itself this would not be an unacceptable risk, but it does not take into account the domestic political implications for Western, specifically South Korean but also potentially American, interests in such a Korean settlement. If North Korea were to cheat on a settlement, its public would have little to say in the matter. However, the same is not true for South Korea, where public opinion would limit the ability of the Seoul government to respond to North Korean treaty violations.

The situation is roughly analogous to what the United States faced in trying to hold the Soviet Union accountable for violations of the ABM treaty during the Cold War. Washington's accusations of Soviet cheating at the Krasnoyarsk phased array radar installation were proven to be correct, although they were dismissed by Moscow, but American public opinion was so wedded to the ABM Treaty that it left Washington unable to meaningfully respond. In the context of the Korean peninsula, such a situation could have potentially fatal consequences since the margin for error on the DMZ is even smaller than it was in the world of superpower brinksmanship. Yet South Koreans are far more wedded to their "sunshine policy" toward the North than America ever was to détente. This makes any agreement with the North a far more politically complicated proposition for the allies than would at first appear to be the case.

Beyond this, the book envisions a continued American presence in Northeast Asia, notwithstanding that any settlement on the peninsula would immediately undermine the South Korean public's support for that presence. Indeed, even under the current circumstances, South Korean public opinion has grown increasingly restive about America's military posture.

Furthermore, there is little to suggest that a settlement that allows North Korea to prosper would not work against U.S. strategic interests. From an American perspective, any deal that does not envision an American withdrawal from the peninsula at some point in time- from a place that Washington initially became involved with in part by accident - cannot be deemed useful over the long run. What the United States most requires from any Korean settlement is an arrangement whereby it can redeploy its military forces off the Asian mainland and back to positions consistent with a maritime strategy. Such a re-deployment would restore strategic flexibility to the United States, allowing it to escape from the static defense it must now maintain on the peninsula.

None of which is to suggest that what O'Hanlon and Mochizuki have proposed is without merit. To the contrary, this is a singularly insightful and useful book. However, where it falls short is in its optimistic assumption that Kim Jong Il is as reasonable and as dedicated to a balanced settlement as are the authors. That assumption is unproven, and it will not be without risk to test it.

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Crisis on the Korean Peninsula : How to Deal With a Nuclear North Korea
Michael E.; Mochizuki, Mike O'Hanlon
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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A revolution is underway in archaeology. Working at the cutting edge of genetic and molecular technologies, researchers have been probing the building blocks of ancient life-DNA, proteins, fats-to rewrite our understanding of the past. Their discoveries (including a Mitochondrial Eve, the woman from whom all modern humans descend) and analyses have helped revise the human genealogical tree and answer such questions as: How different are we from the Neanderthals? Who first domesticated horses and ancient grasses? What was life like for our ancestors? Here is science at its most engaging.

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Fascinating -- but a little complex for the armchair reader .......2005-12-19

"Molecule Hunt" is a history of the technology of using DNA and other once-living substances to trace the distant past of man and animals. When I went to school archeology seemed to be the (boring!) study of old pieces of pottery; it's a lot more complex and interesting now.

The movie "Jurassic Park" popularized the potential of DNA investigation. "Molecule Hunt" is crammed with the facts and speculations that have emerged from the research of the bio-archaeologists over the last thirty or so years -- including a look at dinosaur DNA. One interesting section examines the relationship of the Neanderthal to homo sapiens. Other sections go into the domestication of wheat, rice, corn, cattle, camels, and dogs. When did it happen? Where? The author also examines human relationships, including the Indians of America, the Africans, and the Polynesians. DNA analysis gives us a possible scenario of where they came from and when and to whom they were related.

I have two complaints about the book. First, it contains not a single illustration or chart or map to help the reader understand complex material. Secondly, partially because of the lack of illustrations, some of the material in the book goes over the head of the average reader -- or at least this average reader. It's hard sledding at times to decipher the delphic declarations of the author. Overall though, the pain is worth the gain.

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Excellent but ..........2004-07-09

The book is excellent and I'm not going to repeat what other reviewers have said. But, there is no graphic illustrations.

Scientific roller-coaster ride.......2004-05-07

To those complaining about life's ups and downs, read this for consolation. Even the Stock Market doesn't achieve the rises and falls exhibited by the field of archaeology. Except the focus here is on ideas, not finance. Jones describes the tumultuous history of understanding human evolution during the past century. From a few bones and broken pottery, archaeology tried to unravel the mysteries of our past. The implementation of molecular analysis techniques, he shows, has revealed information undreamt of only a generation ago. In this excellent summary, Jones explains how new research has established our roots, our progress around the planet, and mundane details of our past life in various locations.

The imaging of the DNA molecule opened new portals for explaining life's progress. Once it was understood DNA can change, sometimes at a calculable rate, tracking the modifications became a new analysis tool. "Markers" on the molecule can be studied and placed in a chronological context. Jones manages to explain both the markers and the analysis techniques in clear, jargon-free prose. It's not an easy task, but he achieves it admirably.

Through much of this book, the "Jurassic Park" image remains a running theme. DNA from insects embedded in amber, however, proved an illusory quest. Although the insect bodies appeared intact, close inspection revealed the DNA was shattered long ago. Still further [and rather later] investigation resulted in some unexpected surprises - the insects didn't contain dinosaur DNA, but that of residents in their own guts. More than gut bacterial DNA survived- the entire organism was still living after millions of years.

The journey from "Jurassic Park" to realistic analysis has not been a smooth, linear path. Jones explains how new finds led to various theories of human evolution and migration with resultant cultural developments. The rise of agriculture was long held to have originated in one place, then spread across the planet. Molecular analysis techniques demonstrated the fallacy of that idea, Jones explains, revealing the evidence demonstrating the emergence of farming in various places. China's history of rice production preceded by centuries the grains produced in the Tigris-Euphrates area. Many other "established" concepts have been refuted by various methods of molecular analysis. Each new "absolute" is described by Jones as if irrefutably established. Then he discards the dogma with a flourish of new data.

The most compelling chapter in the book takes us away from DNA, with its many limitations, to "the other molecules". In "beyond DNA", Jones describes these molecules and the many surprises proteins, lipids and even blood now offer. The unexpected persistence of these compounds in proper circumstances reveals an immense amount of data. Animal blood has been taken from stone weapons providing information on prey species. Certain proteins found in blood prove astonishingly persistent, Jones explains. Having mineral attachment properties, these proteins can be found in bones and provide additional dating tools.

Plant-related molecules such as silicon "phytoliths" which give grasses a sharp edge and seeds barbs for protection and propagation can provide useful information. These and other indicators are being found in ancient grindstones and stone tools such as scythes. Jones laments the loss of such material from the early days of archaeology when such artefacts were scrupulously cleaned prior to analysis. "Dirty" evidence is proving of immense value in dating and environment of locale.

Jones has provided us a compelling account of the annals of molecular analysis in human affairs. Of far greater importance than the history of this discipline are the opportunities for further research. Anyone pondering a career in any one of a number of fields related to the human past would do well to investigate this book. Jones explains that molecular analysis topics range from broad, general themes to individual events. These run from the human diaspora to the murder of the Romanovs. Surely there is something here to interest any budding scholar. Read this for a survey of the options and decide for yourself. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]

The Molecule Hunt.......2003-03-10

The Molecule Hunt: Archaeology and the Search for Ancient DNA written by Martin Jones is a book about modern molecular archaeology and what it entails.

This book is a fascinating and absorbing story of scientific inquiry. Keeping in mind that what is preserved for the scientist is in fosilized form and what DNA samples that they do get need specialized equipment and new field methods for getting the samples, essentially changing the way we think about archaeology.

This book is an easy read, largely helped by the author's prose making for a highly educational read about remarkable new techniques now available for investigation of our, human, past. DNA can be found in all life on the planet, extracting a sample from the past is extremely difficult. From seeds, wood, amber and even pot shards yeild a unique picture of the past as to what our diets consisted of and how we lived.

The author's enthusiasm for this subject is in evidence as the reader goes from chapter to chapter finding how molecular archaeology is in a scientific revolution making our concepts of the past change before our eyes. Stomach contents preserved in humans yields information about ancient diets.

This is an educational book as it shows how scientists, devising a molecular clock, from certain area of the DNA molecule, were able to determine that all humans descend from one common female ancestor... "The Mitochondrial Eve."

This is an all around good read as your eyes read, your brain will say I didn't know that they could do that... amazing as to what can be found out in molecular archaeology.

How science can connect ancient mysteries & modern marvels.......2002-07-12

The Molecule Hunt: Archaeology And The Search For Ancient DNA by Martin Jones (the first to hold the George Pitt-Rivers Professorship of Archaeological Science, Cambridge University, and Chairman of the Ancient Biomolecules Initiative program) is a serious, authoritative, highly accessible introduction for the non-specialist general reader to the fascinating scientific revelations that ancient proteins and remnants of DNA trapped in fossils and amber can tell us about the prehistoric world from which they derived. From the discovery that all humans come from one female ancestor 150,000 years ago (dubbed "The Mitochondrial Eve"), to comparing Neanderthal DNA to that of modern homo sapiens, to revising when the first humans crossed the Aleutian land bridge, and much more, The Molecule Hunt is an amazing, informed and informative glimpse into how the disciplines and technologies of science can connect ancient mysteries with modern marvels.

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The Molecule Hunt: Archaeology and the Search for Ancient DNA.(Book Reviews)(Book Review): An article from: Human Biology
Frederika A. Kaestle
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