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Richard Dawkins Answers Questions About Evolution, Life, and Religion

The Poetry of Reality with Richard Dawkins

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The Genetic Story of Ancestral Environments

This chapter delves into a new theory suggesting that an animal's genome tells the story of its ancestral environment. Through the example of a camouflaged lizard, it illustrates how natural selection crafts adaptations, transforming organisms into living records of their ecological history.

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