The genetic book of the dead : a Darwinian reverie
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Yale University Press,
New Haven ;
[2024]
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About
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.
Details
- ISBN: 9780300278095
- Physical Description: 351 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New Haven ; Yale University Press, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-337) and index.
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Formatted Contents Note:
Reading the animal -- 'Paintings' and 'statues' -- In the depths of the palimpsest -- Reverse engineering -- Common problem, common solution -- Variations on a theme -- In Living memory -- The immortal gene -- Out beyond the body wall -- The backward gene's-eye view -- More glances in the rear-view mirror -- Good companions, bad companions -- Shared exit to the future.