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Sep 6, 2016 · Loosely based on the form of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Dawkins's tale takes us modern humans back through four billion years of life on our planet. As the pilgrimage progresses, we join with other organisms at the forty "rendezvous points" where we find a common ancestor.
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life is a science book by Richard Dawkins and Yan Wong that delves into the topic of evolution. The book adopts a unique approach, retracing the path of humans in reverse chronological order through evolutionary history.
- Yan Wong, Richard Dawkins
- 2004
Sep 1, 2004 · The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life is a science book by Richard Dawkins and Yan Wong on the subject of evolution, which follows the path of humans backwards through evolutionary history, describing some of humanity's cousins as they converge on their common ancestors.
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Jan 1, 2004 · A renowned scientist and author of The Selfish Gene provides a sweeping chronicle of more than four billion years of life on Earth, shedding new light on evolutionary theory and history, sexual selection, speciation, convergent evolution, extinction, genetics, plate tectonics, geographical disperal, and other topics.
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- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution. The renowned biologist and thinker Richard Dawkins presents his most expansive work in this revised edition that offers a comprehensive...
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution. Renowned biologist and thinker Dawkins presents his most expansive work yet: a comprehensive look at evolution, ranging from the...
