I'm re-reading "The Ancestor's Tale" by Richard Dawkins. I have a very poor sense of the passage of time - for example did I do something last week or three weeks ago? Nevertheless it is mind-boggling to try to think about something that happened 18 million years ago (when humans and gibbons shared a common ancestor). And this is only a short distance into the book. It's a long book so I'm not sure if I will read it through completely for a second time.
Prior to this I re-read "The Selfish Gene". It seemed appropriate as this is the bi-centenary of Charles Darwin's birth. The selfish gene is a must-read for everyone so that we appreciate our place in the world.
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