The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
With unparalleled wit, clarity, and intelligence, Richard Dawkins, one of the world's most renowned evolutionary biologists, has introduced countless readers to the wonders of science in works such as The Selfish Gene. Now, in The Ancestor's Tale, Dawkins offers a masterwork: an exhilarating...
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With unparalleled wit, clarity, and intelligence, Richard Dawkins, one of the world's most renowned evolutionary biologists, has introduced countless readers to the wonders of science in works such as The Selfish Gene. Now, in The Ancestor's Tale, Dawkins offers a masterwork: an exhilarating reverse tour through evolution, from present-day humans back to the microbial beginnings of life four billion years ago. Throughout the journey Dawkins spins entertaining, insightful stories and sheds light on topics such as speciation, sexual selection, and extinction. The Ancestor's Tale is at once an essential education in evolutionary theory and a riveting read.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780618619160 (061861916X)
ASIN: 061861916X
Publish date: September 2nd 2005
Publisher: Mariner Books
Pages no: 688
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Science,
Popular Science,
Natural History,
Biology,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Anthropology,
Evolution,
Atheism
If you love anything having to do with biology, then sit back and enjoy the ride, as you travel back in time and meet the "concestors", all the way back to LUCA - the Last Universal Common Ancestor. Each stop along the way is a pearl of fascination, while also deepening your realization that all ani...
When Creationists argue (and they still do) that there is no evidence for evolution or that we lack sufficient evidence of intermediate species or whatever, it is always useful to have this book as a reference point. It is an interminable read, I have to say, but someone somewhere had to do this job...
There are some facts the simple knowing of which seems to me to be a supreme achievement of our species. The fact that we are all made of stardust. The fact that 99.9999999999999 percent of all matter is empty. The fact that mass and energy can be expressed in terms of each other. Stuff like that.Pr...
While this book is interesting it's also kind of boring so it's been very slow going.
While this book is interesting it's also kind of boring so it's been very slow going.
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