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River out of Eden : a Darwinian view of life / Richard Dawkins ; illustrations by Lalla Ward

This work examines evolutionary biology, conceptualising life as a river of genetic information. It applies scientific reasoning to species formation, gene propagation, and the mechanisms underlying biological diversity.

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