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The genetic book of the dead : a Darwinian reverie / Richard Dawkins ; illustrated by Jana Lenzová

Author
Dawkins, Richard, 1941-
Published
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2024.
Copyright Date
©2024
Physical Description
351 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Lenzová, Jana

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Contents
Reading the Animal -- 'Paintings' and 'Statues' -- In the Depths of the Palimpsest -- Reverse Engineering -- Common Problem, Common Solution -- Variations on a Theme -- In Living Memory -- The Immortal Gene -- Out Beyond the Body Wall -- The Backward Gene's-Eye View -- More Glances in the Rear-View Mirror -- Good Companions, Bad Companions -- Shared Exit to the Future.
Summary
"In this groundbreaking exploration of the power of Darwinian evolution and what it can reveal about the past, Richard Dawkins shows how the body, behavior, and genes of every living creature can be read as a book--an archive of the worlds of its ancestors. In the future, a zoologist presented with a hitherto unknown animal will be able to decode its ancestral history, to read its unique "book of the dead." Such readings are already uncovering the remarkable ways animals overcome obstacles, adapt to their environments, and, again and again, develop remarkably similar ways of solving life's problems. From the author of The Selfish Gene comes a revolutionary, richly illustrated book that unlocks the door to past more vivid, nuanced, and fascinating than anything we have seen."-- dust jacket
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ISBN
9780300278095 (hardcover)
0300278098 (hardcover)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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