The Ancestor's Tale
#3265 of 3,809 books · #441 in Science & Technology
Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize (2005).
A renowned biologist 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, extinction, and genetics.
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- ISBN-13
- 9780618619160
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Awards
- Royal Society Science Book PrizeShortlisted(2005)
Other awarded books from Richard Dawkins
- The Blind Watchmaker (2013)1 win · 8 score
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