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Also by Richard Dawkins:

An Appetite for Wonder, October 2013
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The Magic Of Reality, September 2012
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The Greatest Show on Earth, October 2009
Hardcover
The God Delusion, September 2006
Hardcover
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution, September 2005
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The Selfish Gene, October 1990
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THE ANCESTOR'S TALE: A PILGRIMAGE TO THE DAWN OF EVOLUTION
By: Richard Dawkins

"One of Dawkins's best: a big, almost encyclopedic compendium bursting with information and ideas."--Kirkus Reviews

Mariner Books
September 2005
688 pages
ISBN: 061861916X
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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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Talk of the Nation - March 10, 2006
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