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The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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 Trade Size (reprint)
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Non-Fiction
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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