Richard Dawkins - known for his ”brilliance and wit” (New Yorker) - is one of the most influential scientists of our time and holds a chair at Oxford University. His highly acclaimed books include The Blind Watchmaker, The Selfish Gene and A Devil’s Chaplain; the New York Times has called him ”one of the most incisive science writers alive.” The Ancestor’s Tale, loosely based in form on Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, offers a comprehensive look at 4 billion years of evolution.
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Richard Dawkins | The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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Richard Dawkins | The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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Richard Dawkins | The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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Richard Dawkins | The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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Richard Dawkins | The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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Richard Dawkins | The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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Richard Dawkins | The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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Richard Dawkins | The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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Richard Dawkins | The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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Richard Dawkins | The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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Richard Dawkins | The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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Richard Dawkins | The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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Richard Dawkins | The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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Richard Dawkins | The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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Richard Dawkins | The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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On Point: How Cooking Made Us Human
We were apes before we were humans. But humans were the onetime apes who ultimately mastered fire and cooked.
Primatologist and anthropologist Richard Wrangham says that in evolutionary terms, that made all the difference. And not just because it put flambé on the menu.
Fire meant proto-humans could cook. Cooking, he says, meant they could get dense, empowering nourishment. Then came bigger brains, a different body and — voila! — homo sapiens. Complete, he says, with a social structure built around that fire.
http://www.onpointradio.org/2009/09/how-cooking-made-us-human
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Richard Dawkins: The Greatest Show on Earth
Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion created a storm of controversy over the question of God’s existence. Now, in The Greatest Show on Earth, Dawkins presents a stunning counterattack against advocates of "Intelligent Design" that explains the evidence for evolution while keeping an eye trained on the absurdities of the creationist argument.
More than an argument of his own, it’s a thrilling tour into our distant past and into the interstices of life on earth. Taking us through the case for evolution step-by-step, Dawkins looks at DNA, selective breeding, anatomical similarities, molecular family trees, geography, time, fossils, vestiges and imperfections, human evolution, and the formula for a strong scientific theory.
Dawkins’ trademark wit and ferocity is joined by an infectious passion for the beauty and strangeness of the natural world, proving along the way that the mechanisms of the natural world are more miraculous — a "greater show" — than any creation story generated by any religion on earth.
http://fora.tv/2009/10/07/Richard_Dawkins_Greatest_Show_on_Earth
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Richard Dawkins: The universe is queerer than we can suppose
A TED talk from 2005. Biologist Richard Dawkins makes a case for "thinking the improbable" by looking at how the human frame of reference limits our understanding of the universe.
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