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Human Beings are a species that have evolved over time. It is said, and scientifically proved, that our ancestors were apes. This book, The Ancestor’s Tale, will take you back in time on a journey with fellow pilgrims who will unite with our common ancestors. Summary of the Book Get ready to go back in time and experience the journey of the human beings of today. This book of about 40 stories will take you to your roots by showing you our lineage, and creating life-like reproductions of our ancestors. We have come a long way in terms of evolution, and everyday, we have a great number of pilgrims who joins us living creatures in our journey. The chimpanzees joined us about 6 million years ago, and the orangutans have been a part of this growing population for the past 14 million years now. Each of these stories in this book will provide the reader with an aspect of evolutionary biology through the characters they will meet along the way. One will find that the stories have been scattered with prologues that give a detailed account of the journey, and route maps that show and join our lineages. About Richard Dawkins Professor Clinton Richard Dawkins is an ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and a writer. He holds the prestigious position of emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford. Dawkins was the Professor for Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford from the year 1995 to 2008. He rose to fame with his book The Selfish Gene in 1976. This book made the gene-centred view of evolution very popular, and was also responsible for introducing the word ‘meme’. Dawkins is an atheist, a vice president at the British Humanist Association, and is a supporter of the Brights movement.