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The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life by Yan Wong, Prof Richard Dawkins (Paperback, 2005)

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The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life. Author : Richard Dawkins. Length : 19.7 cm. Width : 13.1 cm. Height : 4.5 cm. Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing.

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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, 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. The tales are interspersed with prologues detailing the journey, route maps showing joining lineages, and life-like reconstructions of our common ancestors. The Ancestor's Tale represents a pilgrimage on an unimaginable scale: our goal is four billion years away, and the number of pilgrims joining us grows vast - ultimately encompassing all living creatures. At the end of the journey lies something remarkable in its simplicity and transformative power: the first, humble, replicating molecules.

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PublisherOrion Publishing Group

ISBN-139780753819968

eBay Product ID (ePID)90311725

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Book TitleThe Ancestor's Tale: a Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life

AuthorYan Wong, Prof Richard Dawkins

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

TopicScience, Biology

Publication Year2005

TypeTextbook

Number of Pages704 Pages

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Item Height197mm

Item Width131mm

Item Weight540g

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Title_AuthorProf Richard Dawkins, Yan Wong

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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by rkentmere0743
27 Apr, 2022
Mind Boggling
A demanding read but we'll worth the effort as the magnificence of our natural world is revealed and explained. Not for Creationists with a closed mind.
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by lintur-6840
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Dawkins - RIVETING, as per usual! . . ....
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