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The ancestor's tale : a pilgrimage to the dawn of life / Richard Dawkins ; with additional research by Yan Wong.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Phoenix, 2005.Description: xv, 685 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780753819968 (pbk.) :
  • 9780753819968
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 599.938 DAW
LOC classification:
  • QH361 .D39 2005
Contents:
The cotent of hindsight -- The general prologue -- The pilgrimage begins -- All humankind -- Archaic homo sapiens -- Ergasts -- Habilines -- Ape-men -- 1.Chimpanzees -- 2.Gorillas -- 3.Orang utans -- 4.Gibbons -- 5.Old world monkeys -- 6.New world monkeys -- 7.Tarsiers -- 8.Lemurs, bushbabies and their kin -- The great cretaceuous catastrophe -- 9.Colugos and tree shrews -- 10.Rodents and rabbitkind -- 11.Laurasiattheres -- 12.Xenarthrans -- 13.Afrotheres -- 14.Marsupials -- 15.Monotremes -- 16.Sauropsids -- 17.Amphibians -- 18.Lungfish -- 19.Coelacanths -- 20.Ray-finned fish -- 21.Sharks and their kin -- 22.Lampresy and hagfish -- 23.Lancelets -- 24.Sea squirts -- 25.Ambulacrarians -- 26.Protostomes -- 27.Acoelomorph flatoworms -- 28.Cnidarians -- 29.Ctenophores -- 30.Placozoans -- 31.Sponges -- 32.Choanoflagellates -- 33.Drips -- 34.Fungi -- 35.Amoebozoans -- 36.Plants -- 37.Uncertain -- The great historic rendezvous -- 38.Archaea -- 39.Eubacteria -- Canterbury -- The host's return.
Summary: This journey through the theory of evolution begins millions of years ago, exploring the processes that have resulted in homosapiens as we know him.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 599.938 DAW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 218800

Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Illustrated, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 638-655) and index.

The cotent of hindsight -- The general prologue -- The pilgrimage begins -- All humankind -- Archaic homo sapiens -- Ergasts -- Habilines -- Ape-men -- 1.Chimpanzees -- 2.Gorillas -- 3.Orang utans -- 4.Gibbons -- 5.Old world monkeys -- 6.New world monkeys -- 7.Tarsiers -- 8.Lemurs, bushbabies and their kin -- The great cretaceuous catastrophe -- 9.Colugos and tree shrews -- 10.Rodents and rabbitkind -- 11.Laurasiattheres -- 12.Xenarthrans -- 13.Afrotheres -- 14.Marsupials -- 15.Monotremes -- 16.Sauropsids -- 17.Amphibians -- 18.Lungfish -- 19.Coelacanths -- 20.Ray-finned fish -- 21.Sharks and their kin -- 22.Lampresy and hagfish -- 23.Lancelets -- 24.Sea squirts -- 25.Ambulacrarians -- 26.Protostomes -- 27.Acoelomorph flatoworms -- 28.Cnidarians -- 29.Ctenophores -- 30.Placozoans -- 31.Sponges -- 32.Choanoflagellates -- 33.Drips -- 34.Fungi -- 35.Amoebozoans -- 36.Plants -- 37.Uncertain -- The great historic rendezvous -- 38.Archaea -- 39.Eubacteria -- Canterbury -- The host's return.

This journey through the theory of evolution begins millions of years ago, exploring the processes that have resulted in homosapiens as we know him.

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