Arguing fiercely that the perfection of the human body is the result of improbable mutation, a prominent Darwinian uses the metaphor of a climb up Mount Improbable to illustrate how natural perfection is due to the unending journey of DNA through time. Tour.
Climbing Mount Improbable
โ Scribed by Richard Dawkins
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Inc
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 349
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Arguing fiercely that the perfection of the human body is the result of improbable mutation, a prominent Darwinian uses the metaphor of a climb up Mount Improbable to illustrate how natural perfection is due to the unending journey of DNA through time. Tour.
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