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The Ancestor's Tale

Richard Dawkins

  • 673 pages · about 11 hours
  • First published 2004
  • 20 editions
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1 About this book

The Ancestor's Tale describes the various processes involved in the development of life on Earth. Enormously rich and diverse, it includes the results of recent research that, using dna analysis, has led to some surprising insights into evolutionary history.

The fundamental, unifying principle of evolution underlies this unique history - our history, and that of all living things. This masterpiece by Dawkins shows us how special we are, how amazing our history is, and how closely related we are to the rest of life on Earth.

Good for readers who want: evolution, history, philosophy, and a long read.

  • Human evolution
  • Evolution
  • History
  • Philosophy
  • Science
  • Life, origin

2 About Richard Dawkins

Born 1941

Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator, atheist activist, and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford. In 1995 he was named the first Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, a position he held until 2008, and is on the advisory board of the University of Austin.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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