![]() However, it is one of the great achievements of human reason, so if you are patient and able to pay close attention to the dense language, this will ultimately be worth your time.Ī must read for anyone interested in lifes origins The language is, in most places, exceptionally dry, and the narrator doesn't do the material any favors. Or listen through an abridged edition of The Origin of Species, such as the one narrated by Richard Dawkins. Darwin deploys to buttress his theory of natural selection, I would recommend a more recent treatment of the topic. ![]() ![]() ![]() While interesting for me from a historical standpoint-it's truly breathtaking how complete a conceptual framework the Origin provided more than a century and a half ago, and how thoroughly Darwin anticipated and refuted the possible objections to his theory-unless you really want to hear all of the examples Mr. I'm a molecular biologist by profession, so I thought it would be fun to listen to what is widely considered THE foundational work of modern biology. ![]()
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