"Richard Dawkins argues that our bodies and our genomes, and those of every other animal, constitute an archive of ancestral history, a 'genetic book of the dead.' Dawkins explores the untapped potential of DNA to transform and transcend our understanding of evolution. He investigates how DNA can show us the ways animals have overcome obstacles, adapted to their environments, and developed remarkably similar ways of finding solutions to life's problems" -- Provided by publisher.
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
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