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Book: The Gospel According to LUCA – In Search of the Animal Kingdom’s Family Tree By Maxim Vinarsky | 352 pages | Series: PRIMUS | Publisher: Alpina Non-Fiction
This is not a religious text, but a scientific journey to our deepest origins. LUCA stands for Last Universal Common Ancestor—the hypothetical single-celled organism from which all life on Earth is descended. In this book, biologist Maxim Vinarsky takes readers on a 4-billion-year voyage, from the emergence of life to the evolution of multicellular animals.
Vinarsky explains how scientists uncover the evolutionary relationships between species, mapping the branches of the great Tree of Life. He reveals that Homo sapiens is just one twig among countless others, shaped by the same universal laws of evolution. Along the way, readers meet the pioneering researchers who first grasped the concept of evolutionary kinship and developed the tools to trace it.
The book demystifies how biologists identify family ties among animals and reconstruct their evolutionary paths. It’s a clear, engaging account of our shared biological heritage—and a reminder that every living creature, including us, carries the legacy of LUCA.
Price: 1155.00 RUR