The Ancestor's Tale — Richard Dawkins

Week 0 — 1 Feb (Evening Start)

Done Date Chapter / Tale (or Rendezvous) Approx. Load Completion Date
  1 Feb The Conceit of Hindsight + The General Prologue 20–25 pages  

Week 1 — 2 Feb to 8 Feb

Done Date Chapter / Tale (or Rendezvous) Approx. Load Completion Date
  2 Feb The Pilgrimage Begins; The Farmer’s Tale; The Cro-Magnon’s Tale 25  
  3 Feb Rendezvous 0 — All Humankind; The Tasmanian’s Tale; Eve’s Tale 20–25  
  4 Feb Archaic Homo Sapiens; The Neanderthal’s Tale 20  
  5 Feb Ergasts + The Ergast’s Tale 25  
  6 Feb Habilines + The Handyman’s Tale 20–25  
  7 Feb Ape-Men + Little Foot’s Tale + Epilogue to Little Foot’s Tale 25  
  8 Feb Rendezvous 1 — Chimpanzees; The Bonobo’s Tale light  

Week 2 — 9 Feb to 15 Feb

Done Date Chapter / Tale (or Rendezvous) Approx. Load Completion Date
  9 Feb Rendezvous 2 — Gorillas; The Gorilla’s Tale 25  
  10 Feb Rendezvous 3 — Orang Utans; The Orang Utan’s Tale 25  
  11 Feb Rendezvous 4 — Gibbons; The Gibbon’s Tale 25  
  12 Feb Rendezvous 5 — Old World Monkeys 25  
  13 Feb Rendezvous 6 — New World Monkeys; The Howler Monkey’s Tale 20–25  
  14 Feb Rendezvous 7 — Tarsiers 25  
  15 Feb Rendezvous 8 — Lemurs, Bushbabies and Kin; The Aye-Aye’s Tale 20–25  

Week 3 — 16 Feb to 22 Feb

Done Date Chapter / Tale (or Rendezvous) Approx. Load Completion Date
  16 Feb The Great Cretaceous Catastrophe 25  
  17 Feb Rendezvous 9 — Colugos and Tree Shrews; The Colugo’s Tale 25  
  18 Feb Rendezvous 10 — Rodents and Rabbitkind; The Mouse’s Tale; The Beaver’s Tale 25  
  19 Feb Rendezvous 11 — Laurasiatheres; The Hippo’s Tale + Epilogue + The Seal’s Tale 20–25  
  20 Feb Rendezvous 12 — Xenarthrans; The Armadillo’s Tale 25  
  21 Feb Rendezvous 13 — Afrotheres 20–25  
  22 Feb Rendezvous 14 — Marsupials; The Marsupial Mole’s Tale 25  

Week 4 — 23 Feb to 1 Mar

Done Date Chapter / Tale (or Rendezvous) Approx. Load Completion Date
  23 Feb Rendezvous 15 — Monotremes; The Duckbill’s Tale; “What the Star-Nosed Mole …” 25  
  24 Feb Mammal-like reptiles + Rendezvous 16 — Sauropsids 20–25  
  25 Feb Prologue to The Galapagos Finch’s Tale; The Galapagos Finch’s Tale 25  
  26 Feb The Peacock’s Tale; The Dodo’s Tale; The Elephant Bird’s Tale (+ Epi) 15–20  
  27 Feb Rendezvous 17 — Amphibians; The Salamander’s Tale; The Narrowmouth’s Tale; The Axolotl’s Tale 25  
  28 Feb Rendezvous 18 — Lungfish; The Lungfish’s Tale 25  
  1 Mar Rendezvous 19 — Coelacanths; Rendezvous 20 — Ray-Fin Fish; Leafy Sea Dragon’s Tale; The Pike’s Tale; The Mudskipper’s Tale; The Cichlid’s Tale; The Blind Cave Fish’s Tale; The Flounder’s Tale 25  

Week 5 — 2 Mar to 5 Mar

Done Date Chapter / Tale (or Rendezvous) Approx. Load Completion Date
  2 Mar Rendezvous 21 — Sharks and Kin; Rendezvous 22 — Lampreys & Hagfish; The Lamprey’s Tale 20–25  
  3 Mar Rendezvous 23 — Lancelets; The Lancelet’s Tale; Rendezvous 24 — Sea Squirts; Rendezvous 25 — Ambulacrarians; Rendezvous 26 — Protostomes; The Ragworm’s Tale 20–25  
  4 Mar Protostomes continued: The Brine Shrimp’s Tale; The Leaf-Cutter’s Tale; The Grasshopper’s Tale; The Fruit Fly’s Tale; The Rotifer’s Tale; The Barnacle’s Tale; The Velvet Worm’s Tale + Epilogue 20–25  
  5 Mar Rendezvous 27 — Acoelomorph Flatworms; Rendezvous 28 — Cnidarians; The Jellyfish’s Tale; The Polypifer’s Tale; Rendezvous 29 — Ctenophores; Rendezvous 30 — Placozoans; Rendezvous 31 — Sponges; The Sponge’s Tale remainder  

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