Title:
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THE ANCESTOR'S TALE
A PILGRIMAGE TO THE DAWN OF LIFE |
By: |
Richard Dawkins, Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward |
Format: |
CD-Audio |
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£19.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0752873210 |
ISBN 13: |
9780752873213 |
Publisher: |
ORION PUBLISHING CO |
Pub. date: |
15 September, 2005 |
Edition: |
Abridged edition |
Description: |
One of the most brilliant scientists of our age gives us his definitive work: a synthesis of his comprehensive vision of life. |
Synopsis: |
THE ANCESTOR'S TALE is a pilgrimage back through time; a journey on which we meet up with fellow pilgrims as we and they converge on our common ancestors. Chimpanzees join us at about 6 million years in the past, gorillas at 7 million years, orang-utans at 14 million years, as we stride on together, a growing band. The journey provides the setting for a collection of some 40 tales. Each explores an aspect of evolutionary biology through the stories of characters met along the way or glimpsed from afar - the Elephant Bird's Tale, the Marsupial Mole's Tale, the Lungfish's Tale. Together they give a deep understanding of the processes that have shaped life on Earth: convergent evolution, the isolation of populations, continental drift, the great extinctions. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) |
Returns: |
Returnable |