Dawkins, Clinton Richard, 1941-

The greatest show on Earth : the evidence for evolution / Richard Dawkins. - 1st Free Press hardcover ed. - New York : Free Press, 2009. - ix, 470 p., 32 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 25 cm. - New York Times best sellers .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-454) and index.

Preface vii
Only a theory?
1 (18)
Dogs, cows and cabbages
19 (24)
The primrose path to macro-evolution
43 (40)
Silence and slow time
83 (26)
Before our very eyes
109 (34)
Missing link? What do you mean, `missing'?
143 (38)
Missing persons? Missing no longer
181 (28)
You did it yourself in nine months
209 (42)
The ark of the continents
251 (34)
The tree of cousinship
285 (52)
History written all over us
337 (36)
Arms races and `evolutionary theodicy'
373 (24)
There is grandeur in this view of life
397 (30)
Appendix The history-deniers 427 (12)
Notes 439 (8)
Bibliography and Further Reading 447 (8)
Picture Acknowledgements 455 (4)
Index 459

Sifting through rich layers of scientific evidence, Dawkins' "The Greatest Show on Earth" is a stunning counterattack on advocates of "Intelligent Design," explaining the evidence for evolution while exposing the absurdities of the creationist "argument."

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Evolution (Biology).
Evolución (Biología)
Evolución humana
Origen de la vida.

QH 366.2 / D271g 2009

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