Bryan Sykes, Date of Birth

Bryan Sykes

geneticist

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1947

Profession: university teacher, geneticist, non-fiction writer, croquet player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Bryan Clifford Sykes (born 9 September 1947) is a Fellow of Wolfson College, and Emeritus Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Oxford.Sykes published the first report on retrieving DNA from ancient bone (Nature, 1989).
Sykes has been involved in a number of high-profile cases dealing with ancient DNA, including that of Otzi the Iceman.
He also suggested a Florida accountant by the name of Tom Robinson was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan, a claim that was subsequently disproved.Sykes is best known outside the community of geneticists for his two (following) bestselling books on the investigation of human history and prehistory through studies of mitochondrial DNA.