Whilst Dawkins very much needed Darwin's work to build on, his opus could not have existed if not for The Naked Ape paving the way for a whole slew of popular science books. In The Selfish Gene Dawkins took the concept of Natural Selection to an uncomfortable conclusion and proposed that it was not the species being acted upon but the genetic codes themselves self-replicating and endlessly seeking to survive. Verbose, articulate and utterly without mercy, Dawkins will attack anything he judges as unscientific, not for the sake of understanding but as a moral duty. Richard Dawkins is often referred to as Darwin's bulldog. Around a hundred and ten years later Morris pulled off the same trick and in his own way started another revolution. Compared to many other works of its type Darwin also pulled off a very neat trick indeed by making his work relatively accessible to the casual intelligent reader. Darwin presented evidence effortlessly and crafted a book that utterly changed the way we looked at the natural world. The second is a book that is the true sequel to Darwin's work that was made possible by The Naked Ape – The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins.ĭarwin's work is remarkable for many reasons not least of which was his utterly revolutionary presentation of Natural Selection. The first is the book that made this work possible – On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin. It is impossible to discuss this book properly nor to do it justice without talking about two other works alongside it. A staggering, controversial and inspiring book that fifty years on should still be recognised as the work of genius it is. With a deft touch he strips away our overblown self-centred pomposity and yet at the same time manages to elevate us. Desmond Morris explores the concept of Humans as animals.
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