How long does it take to read The Ancestor's Tale?
The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins takes about 12 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 20 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2004. 673 pages, about 185,075 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Ancestor's Tale describes the various processes involved in the development of life on Earth. Enormously rich and diverse, it includes the results of recent research that, using dna analysis, has led to some surprising insights into evolutionary history. The fundamental, unifying principle of evolution underlies this unique history - our history, and that of all living things. This masterpiece by Dawkins shows us how special we are, how amazing our history is, and how closely related we are to the rest of life on Earth.
Subjects: Human evolution, evolution, evolutie, Evolution (Biology), History, Philosophy
