The Genetic book of the Dead – Richard Dawkins

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From one of the world’s greatest science writers, The Genetic Book of the Dead offers a bold new way to understand evolution. Richard Dawkins shows how the bodies, behaviours, and genes of all living creatures can be read as an archive of their ancestors’ worlds.

From a desert lizard’s camouflage to the deepest structures of our cells, Darwinian natural selection leaves readable traces of ancient environments and evolutionary pressures. Dawkins explores how natural selection creates both exquisite adaptations and striking imperfections, while defending the gene’s-eye view of life.

Richly illustrated and provocatively argued, this book opens a new window onto the history of life—from the author of The Selfish Gene and The Ancestor’s Tale.