The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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Embark on an extraordinary four-billion-year journey through evolutionary history with renowned biologist Richard Dawkins in this groundbreaking work. Inspired by the structure of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Dawkins guides readers backward through time, pausing at forty "rendezvous points" where we encounter our common ancestors with other organisms—from fellow primates to mammals to the earliest life forms on Earth. Through this innovative narrative approach, Dawkins illuminates the profound connections between humanity and all living things while exploring the most compelling aspects of evolutionary science: sexual selection, speciation, convergent evolution, genetics, and more. Combining cutting-edge biological research with masterful storytelling, this comprehensive survey reveals the remarkable history of life on our planet and our intimate place within it. The Ancestor's Tale stands as both a definitive exploration of modern evolutionary theory and a testament to the astonishing complexity and beauty of the natural world.
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hardcover
Orion
Published Sep 21, 2016
771 pages
ISBN: 9781474600569
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First Published
2004
Language
eng
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