The ancestor's tale : a pilgrimage to the dawn of life

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Label

The ancestor's tale : a pilgrimage to the dawn of life

Title remainder

a pilgrimage to the dawn of life

Statement of responsibility

Richard Dawkins ; with additional research by Yan Wong

Creator

• trueDawkins, Richard, 1941-

Contributor

• Wong, Yan

Subject

• Evolution (Biology)
• trueLife -- Origin
• Animals, Fossil

Language

eng

Summary

"The Ancestor's Tale takes us from our immediate human ancestors back through what [the author] calls 'concestors', those shared with the apes, monkeys and other mammals and other vertebrates and beyond to the dim and distant microbial beginnings of life some 4 billion years ago. It is a remarkable story which is still very much in the process of being uncovered. And, of course from a scientist of Dawkins stature and reputation we get an insider's knowledge of the most up-to-date science and many of those involved in the research. And, as we have come to expect of Dawkins, it is told with a passionate commitment to scientific veracity and a nose for a good story. Dawkins's knowledge of the vast and wonderful sweep of life's diversity is admirable. Not only does it encompass the most interesting living representatives of so many groups of organisms but also the important and informative fossil ones, many of which have only been found in recent years." -Amazon.com

Dewey number

576.83

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plates

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction