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Title: Bypassed by science
Review: I first read this book when it came out in 1976. It had a certain appeal then. However, since then science has faslsified essentially all the scientific claims in the book. For example, gene sequencing of dozens of species has shown that the Darwinian straight-line descent of species from an original cell is wrong, that instead of a `tree of life' there is a `web of life' (see Scientific American, February 2000). This and other advances in chemistry and biology nullify the arguments about gene inheritance that the author attempts to make. Further the pop psychology underlying the author's treatment of human behavior is no longer in favor in that profession. This leaves the book as a useful guide to Dr. Dawkins's religious beliefs. I would recommend the book to anyone for whom that is an interesting subject.
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