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| Genre/Form: | Popular Works |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Dawkins |
| ISBN: | 0618005838 9780618005833 9780739453735 0739453734 |
| OCLC Number: | 56617123 |
| Description: | xii, 673 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The conceit of hindsight -- The general prologue -- The pilgrimage begins -- rendezvous 0. All humankind -- Archaic Homo sapiens -- Ergasts -- Habilines -- Ape-men -- rendezvous 1. Chimpanzees -- rendezvous 2. Gorillas -- rendezvous 3. Orang utans -- rendezvous 4. Gibbons -- rendezvous 5. Old world monkeys -- rendezvous 6. New world monkeys -- rendezvous 7. Tarsiers -- rendezvous 8. Lemurs, bushbabies and their kin -- The great cretaceous catastrophe -- rendezvous 9. Colugos and the tree shrews -- rendezvous 10. Rodents and rabbitkind -- rendezvous 11. Laurasiatheres -- rendezvous 12. Xenarthrans -- rendezvous 13. Afrotheres -- rendezvous 14. Marsupials -- rendezvous 15. Monotremes -- Mammal-like reptiles -- rendezvous 16. Sauropsids -- rendezvous 17. Amphibians -- rendezvous 18. Lungfish -- rendezvous 19. Coelacanths -- rendezvous 20. Ray-finned fish -- rendezvous 21. Sharks and their kin -- rendezvous 22. Lampreys and hagfish -- rendezvous 23. Lancelets -- rendezvous 24. Sea squirts -- rendezvous 25. Ambulacrarians -- rendezvous 26. Protostomes -- rendezvous 27. Acoelomorph flatworms -- rendezvous 28. Cnidarians -- rendezvous 29. Ctenophores -- rendezvous 30. Placozoans -- rendezvous 31. Sponges -- rendezvous 32. Choanoflagellates -- rendezvous 33. Drips -- rendezvous 34. Fungi -- rendezvous 35. Amoebozoans -- rendezvous 36. Plants -- rendezvous 37. Uncertain -- The great historic rendezvous -- rendezvous 38. Archaea -- rendezvous 39. Eubacteria -- Canterbury -- The host's return. |
| Responsibility: | Richard Dawkins. |
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Abstract:
Scientist and author of 'The Selfish Gene' provides a sweeping chronicle of more than four billion years of life on Earth, shedding new light on evolutionary theory and history, sexual selection, speciation, convergent evolution, extinction, genetics, plate tectonics, geographical dispersal, and more.
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"This clever approach to our extended family tree should prove a natural hit with science readers." Publishers Weekly, Starred<br><br>"One of Dawkins's best: a big, almost encyclopedic compendium bursting with information and ideas." Kirkus Reviews, Starred<br><br>"This is an ambitious, important book rich with fascinating insights. Also, it couldn't come at a better time." --Carl Zimmer The New York Times Book Review<br><br>"Our complete evolutionary story, brilliantly recounted by Dawkins." --Jonathan Keats, Popular Science<br><br>"The most modest and winning of his eight books." --John Horgan, Discover Read more...
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