The Ancestor's Tale
A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
Ranked #10 in Evolution, Ranked #17 in Biology — see more rankings.
The renowned biologist and thinker Richard Dawkins presents his most expansive work yet: a comprehensive look at evolution, ranging from the latest developments in the field to his own provocative views. 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 band of pilgrims swells into a vast crowd as we join first with other primates, then with other mammals, and so on... more
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The Ancestor's Tale is ranked in the following categories:
- #45 in Atheism
- #35 in Evolutionary Psychology
- #36 in Genetics
- #51 in Popular Science
- #68 in Science
- #88 in Scientific
- #69 in Zoology
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