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PROFESSOR STEPHEN OPPENHEIMER
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PROFESSOR STEPHEN OPPENHEIMER
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Stephen Oppenheimer is a world-recognised expert in the synthesis of DNA studies with archaeological and other evidence to track ancient migrations. He is a member of Green College, Oxford University.
While working in New Guinea in the early 1980’s he was the first to notice anti-malarial protection conferred by -thalassaemia, a mild inherited blood disorder. This genetic disorder shadowed the spread of Polynesians out to the Pacific. That research subsequently led to his focus on the use of genetic markers to track migrations.
His first book Eden in the East The Drowned Continent of Southeast Asia challenged the orthodox view of the origins of Polynesians as rice farmers from Taiwan and was widely acclaimed. Oppenheimer’s paradigm change, using a synthesis of genetics, archaeology, geology and linguistics, has since been endorsed by reviewers in Science. Out of Eden has been the subject of a Channel 4 programme of the same name and a Discovery Channel film ‘The Real Eve’.
PROFESSOR STEPHEN OPPENHEIMER
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PROFESSOR STEPHEN OPPENHEIMER
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BOOKS BY PROFESSOR STEPHEN OPPENHEIMER
Stephen Oppenheimer's new book
Origins of the British - A Genetic Detective Story.
Stephen Oppenheimer’s work forms the basis of the
Journey of Mankind Genetic Map that can be viewed on this website.
Stephen Oppenheimer's meticulously researched classic '
Out of Eden' ['The Real Eve'], which created the synthesis of genetic science, archaeology, climatology and fossil study, that has been used extensively in the story structure of the 5-part BBC documentary series - '
The Incredible Human Journey'.
The most comprehensive links to research publications by Professor Stephen Oppenheimer can be found online at the following addresses:
www.icea.ox.ac.uk/about-us/staff/associates/stephen-oppenheimer/
www.icea.ox.ac.uk/about-us/staff/associates/stephen-oppenheimer/stephen-oppenheimer-books-and-articles/
www.icea.ox.ac.uk/about-us/staff/associates/stephen-oppenheimer/stephen-oppenheimer-conferences/
RELATED LINKS
Journey of Mankind
Interactive Genetic Map
Professor Stephen Oppenheimer
iLecture Documentary Film
Recommended Reading
The Origins of the British
The Incredible Human Journey
