Title: The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
Author(s): Richard Dawkins
Release year: 1986
Publisher: Norton & Company, Inc
Why in Database: The turtles in this book are mentioned only once, in the context of reptiles.
‘Reptiles’ is not a true taxonomic term, according to cladists, because it is defined by exception: all amniotes except birds and mammals. In other words, the most recent common ancestor of all ‘reptiles’ (snakes, turtles, etc.) is also ancestral to some non-‘reptiles’, namely birds and mammals.
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