SHlyach lyudstva buv (ye i bude) dovhym. My zminyuvalysya, i zminyuvavsya svit dovkola nas. Na zhadku pro chasy chotyry mil′yardnoyi davnosti lyshayut′sya skam’yanilosti ta pradavni landshafty, vse sche ne stocheni suchasnoyu tsyvilizatsiyeyu. Evolyutsiya prodovzhuye ruch. A Richard Dokinz svoyeyu knyhoyu proponuye chytachevi dyvovyzhnyy sposib vidstezhyty chid tsiyeyi masshtabnoyi bahatovikovoyi evolyutsiyi u zvorotnomu poryadku. Vid suchasnych lyudey do mikrobnych zarodkiv, po skam’yanilych reshtkach pradavnich tvaryn, sluchayuchy istoriyu dalekoho predka-mavpy chy chymernoyi astsydiyi, plodovoyi mushky abo eubakteriyi. TSya knyha — podorozh, scho prolyvaye svitlo na taki temy, yak evolyutsiya vydiv, pryrodnyy vidbir, vymyrannya tsilych populyatsiy toscho. Tozh zaproshuyemo u palomnytstvo do vytokiv zhyttya! Bude hrandiozno!