A review by marct22
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution by Richard Dawkins

5.0

A long but very comprehensive and interesting book! He pretty much starts with humans, and works backward in time, describing each branchpoint where humans and other living organisms branched from each other, yet pointing out that we could have picked any current living organism and follow it back, nothing special about us humans! Dawkins does point out where there's still questions, especially as he approaches the point where all animals, plants, and fungi joined as the common ancestor. I did learn some new things, and even though the hardcover is 614 pages, and there are parts where it helps to know some mathematics (but he points them out), but those parts are rare. Highly recommended!