The ancestor's tale : a pilgrimage to the dawn of evolution

Author(s)

• Dawkins, Richard
• Wong, Yan

Bibliographic Information

The ancestor's tale : a pilgrimage to the dawn of evolution

Richard Dawkins ; with additional research by Yan Wong

Houghton Mifflin, 2004

Note

Includes bibliographical references(p. 624-642) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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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Details

• NCID: BA69224235
• ISBN:
  • 0618005838
• LCCN: 2004059864
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Boston
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 673 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QH361
  • DC22 : 576.8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Evolution (Biology) -- History
  • LCSH : Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy