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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, 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. 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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The Ancestor's Tale, Richard Dawkins
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- Pubblicato
- 2004
- Rilegatura
- (Copertina rigida)
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- Titolo
- The Ancestor's Tale
- Sottotitolo
- A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Richard Dawkins
- Editore
- W&N
- Pubblicato
- 2004
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 528
- ISBN10
- 0297825038
- ISBN13
- 9780297825036
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Scienze sociali, Tema stórico, Storia, Scienza e Matematica, Scienze Naturali, Biologia, Scienza, Antropologia, Evoluzione, Osservazione della natura, Sviluppo, Catastrofi, Paleontologia, Biologia evolutiva, Anfibi, Teoria dell'evoluzione, Darwinismo, Gorilla
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2004
- Titolo originale
- The Ancestor's Tale. A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life
- Valutazione
- 4,25 su 5
- Descrizione
- 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. 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.