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borgeshelena's review against another edition
3.0
I was super enjoying it, the idea of separating rendezvous and telling tales amused me a lot! But the last chapter! Eew, made me so tired, couldn't wait to finish it!
zeh's review against another edition
5.0
Extremely verbose, but extremely informative (and at times even funny) dump of information by an author that has an equally extreme care about knowledge derived from true facts. Enlightening and humbling.
maffa303's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely excellent. I have been chipping away at this for quite some time and took me awhile due to being busy. I have read many Richard Dawkins' books and enjoyed all of them for different reasons. This is up there as one of my favourites and undoubtedly the one that I would recommend to anyone interested in evolution. Previously, I would have recommended The Blind Watchmaker, which I absolutely love, but can get a tad heavy if you don't have a background in biology. The Ancestor's Tale is a fantastic combination of interesting facts that would appeal to anyone vaguely interested in evolution and natural history, as well as brilliant explanations of the fundamental principles of evolution. All round just an immense book for scientists, the general public and everyone in between.
goodkoopa's review against another edition
5.0
An excellently written masterpiece of joy. I read it twice.
pdougmc's review against another edition
5.0
Good read. If you need any convincing about the actuality of evolution, this book is for you. Although I was convinced about evolution before reading this book, reading this book enables a more complete understanding of the principles involved.
phantomwise's review against another edition
5.0
Of all the Dawkins books I've read, this is the best. It's a fantastic journey through evolution, all the way from our starting point of ourselves, and back through to the first protozoa and whatever was floating around in the pre-historic mush, collecting more and more fellow travelers as the book moves further back in time. It's a mammoth of a thing, but I was never bored, that's for sure.