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The Ancestor's Tale
673 pages2004
About This Book
A renowned biologist provides a sweeping chronicle of more than four billion years of life on Earth, shedding new light on evolutionary theory and history, sexual selection, speciation, extinction, and genetics.
Reading Time Estimates
17h 8m
slow reader
180 WPM
12h 20m
average reader
250 WPM
8h 49m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 185,075 wordsπ
25 days at 30 min/day
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12 h 20 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
13 h 43 min
at 1.5x narration speed
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20 h 34 min
Audio 2x
10 h 17 min
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