祖先的故事
The Ancestor's Tale
Richard Dawkins · 初版 2004 年
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为什么值得读
- 一路追溯至生命最早的共同祖先
- 详述约四十个关键节点的祖先形态
- 揭示基因重组与演化奇迹的深刻机制
The Ancestor's Tale 描述了地球生命演化过程中涉及的诸多历程。全书内容极为丰富多样，涵盖了利用 dna 分析所得出的最新研究成果，为演化历史带来了令人惊叹的全新见解。演化这一基本而统一的法则构成了这段独特历史的基石——这是属于我们、也属于所有生命的历程。Dawkins 的这部杰作向我们揭示了人类何其特殊，我们的历史何其奇妙，以及我们与地球上其他生命之间的联系是何等紧密。
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理查德·道金斯（Richard Dawkins）的《祖先的故事》（The Ancestor's Tale）一路回溯我们的祖先，直溯生命起源：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ancestor%27s_Tale 它列举了一系列不同的物种，然后探讨了最近的……
The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins looks at our ancestry right back to the start of life: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ancestor%27s_Tale It looks at a list of different species and then considers the most recent…
如果你觉得这类事情很有趣，我强烈推荐理查德·道金斯的《祖先的故事》（The Ancestor's Tale），它探讨了我们大约 40 个共同祖先，不仅是全人类的共同祖先，还包括我们与黑猩猩、大猩猩的共同祖先，一路倒推到最后的普适共同祖先（LUCA）……
If you find this kind of thing interesting I can strongly recommend "The Ancestor's Tale" by Richard Dawkins which looks at ~40 common ancestors we have, not just the common ancestors of all humanity, but common ancestors with chimps, gorillas, all the way back to the Last Universal Ancestor…
在《祖先的故事》（Ancestor's Tale）[强烈推荐] 中，理查德·道金斯将鸭嘴兽的喙这一不可思议的感觉器官描述为进化的奇迹。他指出“保持原始并不是一种全职的……
In Ancestor's Tale [highly recommended] Richard Dawkins describes the incredible sensory organ that is the Duck Billed Platypus's bill as a marvel of evolution. He points out that "being primitive is not a full time way…
理查德·道金斯的《祖先的故事》是一本好书。有趣的是，他提出了一个观点：由于基因重组洗牌，来自同一个共同祖先的后代是有可能连他的一条基因都没继承到的。
The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins is a great book. Interestingly, he makes a point that because genes are shuffled, it is possible for the descendants from a common ancestor not to have a single gene from him.
…http://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/03... 《少年Pi的奇幻漂流》http://www.amazon.com/Life-Pi-Yann-Martel/dp/0156027321 《亿万又亿万》http://www.amazon.com/Billions-Thoughts-Death-Brink-Millenni... 《祖先的故事》http://www.amazon.com/Ancestors-Tale-Pilgrimage-Dawn-Evoluti... 不好意思一口气推荐了这么多，我实在忍不住
…http://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/03... Life of Pi http://www.amazon.com/Life-Pi-Yann-Martel/dp/0156027321 Billions and Billions http://www.amazon.com/Billions-Thoughts-Death-Brink-Millenni... The Ancestor's Tale http://www.amazon.com/Ancestors-Tale-Pilgrimage-Dawn-Evoluti... Sorry for suggesting so many, I couldn't help myself
理查德·道金斯的《祖先的故事》……这本书从人-倭黑猩猩-黑猩猩的分化讲起，沿着时间倒流，梳理了极其丰富的演化史，包括科学发现和演化树的不同分支……
The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins... this book starts at human-bonobo-chimpanzee split and goes backward into a LOT of evolutionary history, including scientific discoveries and different branches of the evolutionary…