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The Ancestor's Tale - WBUR Interview

Richard Dawkins

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Aired: Monday, November 8, 2004 8-9PM ET

Evolutionary biologist and thinker Richard Dawkins is a long-time and unapologetic champion of Darwin's theory of evolution. He is a self-declared atheist and a firm believer in the inherent complexity of evolutionary forces that created life as we know it.

In his bestselling books, "The Selfish Gene" and "The Blind Watchmaker," Dawkins argued that the main goal of life is to propagate one's own genes and that our universe is one of no design. Now, in a new sweeping book, "The Ancestor's Tale," he travels back in time to trace the evolutionary roots life itself.

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