Just as we trace our personal family trees from parents to grandparents and so on back in time, so in The Ancestor's Tale Richard Dawkins traces the ancestry of life. As he is at pains to point out, this is very much our human tale, our ancestry. Surprisingly, it is one that many otherwise literate people are largely unaware of. Hopefully Dawkins's name and well deserved reputation as a best selling writer will introduce them to this wonderful saga.The Ancestor's Tale takes us from our immediate
human ancestors back through what he 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…
This book is
science writing at its best, an accessible dive into a difficult field.And what could be more interesting? This book, species by species, epoch by epoch, takes on a journey to the very… This should be required reading for all high school biology classes, truly amazing science with genetic proof of evolution. Hard to imagine in 2007 there are billions of religious nutcases that…
