简介
The renowned biologist and thinker Richard Dawkins presents his most expansive work yet: a comprehensive look at evolution, ranging from the latest developments in the field to his own provocative views. Loosely based on the form of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Dawkins' Tale takes us modern humans back through four billion years of life on our planet. As the pilgrimage progresses, we join with other organisms at the forty "rendezvous points" where we find a common ancestor. The band of pilgrims swells into a vast crowd as we join first with other primates, then with other mammals, and so on back to the first primordial organism. Dawkins' brilliant, inventive approach allows us to view the connections between ourselves and all other life in a bracingly novel way. It also lets him shed bright new light on the most compelling aspects of evolutionary history and theory: sexual selection, speciation, convergent evolution, extinction, genetics, plate tectonics, geographical dispersal, and more. The Ancestor's Tale is at once a far-reaching survey of the latest, best thinking on biology and a fascinating history of life on Earth. Here Dawkins shows us how remarkable we are, how astonishing our history, and how intimate our relationship with the rest of the living world.
目录
The Conceit of Hindsight p. 1
The General Prologue p. 12
The Pilgrimage Begins p. 26
The Farmer's Tale p. 27
The Cro-Magnon's Tale p. 35
All Humankind p. 37
The Tasmanian's Tale p. 41
Eve's Tale p. 48
Archaic Homo Sapiens p. 62
The Neanderthal's Tale p. 64
Ergasts p. 66
The Ergast's Tale p. 71
Habilines p. 75
The Handyman's Tale p. 77
Ape-Men p. 86
Little Foot's Tale p. 90
Epilogue to Little Foot's Tale p. 95
Chimpanzees p. 100
The Bonobo's Tale p. 104
Gorillas p. 106
The Gorilla's Tale p. 108
Orang Utans p. 112
The Orang Utan's Tale p. 115
Gibbons p. 119
The Gibbon's Tale p. 123
Old World Monkeys p. 137
New World Monkeys p. 141
The Howler Monkey's Tale p. 145
Tarsiers p. 156
Lemurs, Bushbabies and Their Kin p. 160
The Aye-Aye's Tale p. 163
The Great Cretaceous Catastrophe p. 169
Colugos and Tree Shrews p. 174
The Colugo's Tale p. 177
Rodents and Rabbitkind p. 179
The Mouse's Tale p. 183
The Beaver's Tale p. 186
Laurasiatheres p. 192
The Hippo's Tale p. 196
Epilogue to the Hippo's Tale p. 202
The Seal's Tale p. 203
Xenarthrans p. 212
The Armadillo's Tale p. 212
Afrotheres p. 217
Marsupials p. 223
The Marsupial Mole's Tale p. 227
Monotremes p. 231
The Duckbill's Tale p. 235
What the Star-Nosed Mole Said to the Duckbilled Platypus p. 243
Mammal-Like Reptiles p. 247
Sauropsids p. 254
Prologue to the Galapagos Finch's Tale p. 257
The Galapagos Finch's Tale p. 260
The Peacock's Tale p. 263
The Dodo's Tale p. 273
The Elephant Bird's Tale p. 278
Epilogue to the Elephant Bird's Tale p. 287
Amphibians p. 293
The Salamander's Tale p. 299
The Narrowmouth's Tale p. 311
The Axolotl's Tale p. 313
Lungfish p. 320
The Lungfish's Tale p. 322
Coelacanths p. 325
Ray-Finned Fish p. 328
The Leafy Sea Dragon's Tale p. 330
The Pike's Tale p. 332
The Mudskipper's Tale p. 334
The Cichlid's Tale p. 336
The Blind Cave Fish's Tale p. 344
The Flounder's Tale p. 347
Sharks and Their Kin p. 349
Lampreys and Hagfish p. 354
The Lamprey's Tale p. 359
Lancelets p. 362
The Lancelet's Tale p. 364
Sea Squirts p. 367
Ambulacrarians p. 372
Protostomes p. 377
The Ragworm's Tale p. 386
The Brine Shrimp's Tale p. 390
The Leaf Cutter's Tale p. 395
The Grasshopper's Tale p. 397
The Fruit Fly's Tale p. 414
The Rotifer's Tale p. 424
The Barnacle's Tale p. 433
The Velvet Worm's Tale p. 436
Epilogue to the Velvet Worm's Tale p. 449
Acoelomorph Flatworms p. 458
Cnidarians p. 463
The Jellyfish's Tale p. 467
The Polypifer's Tale p. 469
Ctenophores p. 477
Placozoans p. 480
Sponges p. 483
The Sponge's Tale p. 486
Choanoflagellates p. 488
The Choanoflagellate's Tale p. 490
Drips p. 493
Fungi p. 497
Amoebozoans p. 502
Plants p. 506
The Cauliflower's Tale p. 510
The Redwood's Tale p. 514
Uncertain p. 524
The Mixotrich's Tale p. 529
The Great Historic Rendezvous p. 536
Archaea p. 540
Eubacteria p. 543
The Rhizobium's Tale p. 543
Taq's Tale p. 553
Canterbury p. 559
The Host's Return p. 582
Further Reading p. 617
Notes to the Phylogenies p. 619
Bibliography p. 624
Illustration Credits p. 643
Index p. 646
The General Prologue p. 12
The Pilgrimage Begins p. 26
The Farmer's Tale p. 27
The Cro-Magnon's Tale p. 35
All Humankind p. 37
The Tasmanian's Tale p. 41
Eve's Tale p. 48
Archaic Homo Sapiens p. 62
The Neanderthal's Tale p. 64
Ergasts p. 66
The Ergast's Tale p. 71
Habilines p. 75
The Handyman's Tale p. 77
Ape-Men p. 86
Little Foot's Tale p. 90
Epilogue to Little Foot's Tale p. 95
Chimpanzees p. 100
The Bonobo's Tale p. 104
Gorillas p. 106
The Gorilla's Tale p. 108
Orang Utans p. 112
The Orang Utan's Tale p. 115
Gibbons p. 119
The Gibbon's Tale p. 123
Old World Monkeys p. 137
New World Monkeys p. 141
The Howler Monkey's Tale p. 145
Tarsiers p. 156
Lemurs, Bushbabies and Their Kin p. 160
The Aye-Aye's Tale p. 163
The Great Cretaceous Catastrophe p. 169
Colugos and Tree Shrews p. 174
The Colugo's Tale p. 177
Rodents and Rabbitkind p. 179
The Mouse's Tale p. 183
The Beaver's Tale p. 186
Laurasiatheres p. 192
The Hippo's Tale p. 196
Epilogue to the Hippo's Tale p. 202
The Seal's Tale p. 203
Xenarthrans p. 212
The Armadillo's Tale p. 212
Afrotheres p. 217
Marsupials p. 223
The Marsupial Mole's Tale p. 227
Monotremes p. 231
The Duckbill's Tale p. 235
What the Star-Nosed Mole Said to the Duckbilled Platypus p. 243
Mammal-Like Reptiles p. 247
Sauropsids p. 254
Prologue to the Galapagos Finch's Tale p. 257
The Galapagos Finch's Tale p. 260
The Peacock's Tale p. 263
The Dodo's Tale p. 273
The Elephant Bird's Tale p. 278
Epilogue to the Elephant Bird's Tale p. 287
Amphibians p. 293
The Salamander's Tale p. 299
The Narrowmouth's Tale p. 311
The Axolotl's Tale p. 313
Lungfish p. 320
The Lungfish's Tale p. 322
Coelacanths p. 325
Ray-Finned Fish p. 328
The Leafy Sea Dragon's Tale p. 330
The Pike's Tale p. 332
The Mudskipper's Tale p. 334
The Cichlid's Tale p. 336
The Blind Cave Fish's Tale p. 344
The Flounder's Tale p. 347
Sharks and Their Kin p. 349
Lampreys and Hagfish p. 354
The Lamprey's Tale p. 359
Lancelets p. 362
The Lancelet's Tale p. 364
Sea Squirts p. 367
Ambulacrarians p. 372
Protostomes p. 377
The Ragworm's Tale p. 386
The Brine Shrimp's Tale p. 390
The Leaf Cutter's Tale p. 395
The Grasshopper's Tale p. 397
The Fruit Fly's Tale p. 414
The Rotifer's Tale p. 424
The Barnacle's Tale p. 433
The Velvet Worm's Tale p. 436
Epilogue to the Velvet Worm's Tale p. 449
Acoelomorph Flatworms p. 458
Cnidarians p. 463
The Jellyfish's Tale p. 467
The Polypifer's Tale p. 469
Ctenophores p. 477
Placozoans p. 480
Sponges p. 483
The Sponge's Tale p. 486
Choanoflagellates p. 488
The Choanoflagellate's Tale p. 490
Drips p. 493
Fungi p. 497
Amoebozoans p. 502
Plants p. 506
The Cauliflower's Tale p. 510
The Redwood's Tale p. 514
Uncertain p. 524
The Mixotrich's Tale p. 529
The Great Historic Rendezvous p. 536
Archaea p. 540
Eubacteria p. 543
The Rhizobium's Tale p. 543
Taq's Tale p. 553
Canterbury p. 559
The Host's Return p. 582
Further Reading p. 617
Notes to the Phylogenies p. 619
Bibliography p. 624
Illustration Credits p. 643
Index p. 646
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