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title: "The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life Hardcover – January 1, 2016"
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# The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life Hardcover – January 1, 2016

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- **What is this?** The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life Hardcover – January 1, 2016 by dawkins richard
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## Customer Reviews

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    Clear and deep.
  

*by W***R on Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2012*

One of the most detailed books on evolution for a non scientific publicum I have ever seen. And even for biologists, it has lots of information and interesting insights.The way Dawkins leads the reader through a backwards history of human evolution is original and amusing. The points he chooses as "rendevouz" are used to explain basic concepts in biology, evolution and related sciences, even good explanations on mathematical tools used in evolutionary studies.After he completes the backwards journey to the origins of life, the last quarter of the book is a little "dry" to read, but this is probably a misperception due to the easy reading of the rest of the book.A good reading for curious non-biologist and also for biologist looking for new ways to teach evolution.

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    A slug of brain tonic
  

*by L***L on Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2017*

Like all Richard Dawkins' books, The Ancestors Tale makes you feel like you've just downed a brain tonic - an exhilarating joy ride through time. Only criticism is that it leaves you hungry for more!

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    A walk backwards through time
  

*by M***S on Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2013*

This is a splendid book.  The concept is original using Chaucer's Caterbury Tales as a loose structure for the book.  What appealed to me was the retrograde search through paleontology for the last common ancestor.  Although this is a widely addressed topic, the process of taking the reader on a backwards journey, gradually meeting fellow pilgrims (related species) kept me hooked throughout.  The book was also refreshingly (almost) devoid of Dawkins' usual religious rants, with his atheism explicit, but not expressed with his previous missionary zeal.  For anyone with an interest in evolution, this is an excellent read.

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