The Ancestor's Tale. A Pilgrimage To The Dawn Of Life

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2016
Edition: Reprint

Description: 771 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A fully updated edition of one of the most original accounts of evolution ever written, featuring new fractal diagrams, five new tales and the latest scientific developments. THE ANCESTORS TALE is a dazzling, four-billion-year pilgrimage to the origins of life: Richard Dawkins and Yan Wong take us on an exhilarating reverse journey through evolution, from present-day humans back to the microbial beginnings of life. It is a journey happily interrupted by meetings of fellow modern animals (as well as plants, fungi and bacteria) similarly tracing their evolutionary path back through history. As each evolutionary pilgrim tells their tale, Dawkins sheds light on topics such as speciation, sexual selection and extinction. Written with unparalleled wit, clarity and intelligence; taking in new scientific discoveries of the past decade; and including three new tales and fractal diagrams, THE ANCESTORS TALE shows us how remarkable we are, how astonishing our history, and how intimate our relationship with the rest of the living world.

ISBN: 9781474600569