description: The world's most celebrated team of science writers explores the origins of human life on Earth--a wonderfully entertaining and awe-inspiring excursion through more than a billion years of evolution. Beginning with a vivid account of Darwin and his theory of evolution, the authors set out to reconstruct the forgotten links in our chain of being, thus illuminating our ability to understand and change ourselves.
language: English
title: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
titlecomplete: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
genres: Popular Science, History, Biology, Science, Anthropology, Nature, Philosophy, Astronomy, Nonfiction, Evolution
ratings_count: 5935
publisher: Random House Value Publishing