One of Richard Dawkin's better books that outlines the reasons why he sees evolution powered by natural selection as the only plausible explanation for the wonderful breadth of beauty in the natural world around us.
He gives lucid arguments against the common creationist explanations though not in such reactionary terms as some of his other works.
I hope it becomes a school textbook - it would inspire a wonder in understanding the natural world.
Showing posts with label Taxonomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taxonomy. Show all posts
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Wednesday, 1 June 2005
The Ancestors Tale - A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life
Richard Dawkins travels back over the human family tree to the dawn of life and introduces us to the other life forms that branched out along the way (including who there descendants are today, or were in the fossil record)
I must admit I lost interest before the end of the book. Once you get the idea it is more of a review of the taxonomy of life than a deeply philosophical study that many of his other books are. I would recommend it to anyone interested in biology or taxonomy though.
I must admit I lost interest before the end of the book. Once you get the idea it is more of a review of the taxonomy of life than a deeply philosophical study that many of his other books are. I would recommend it to anyone interested in biology or taxonomy though.
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