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I have been reading The Ancestor’s Tale by Richard Dawkins. Quite appropriate reading as we are celebrating the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin. In his book Richard Dawkins trail our ancestors back in time and identify those points where we start sharing ancestors with other current species and life forms. It starts with the recent evolution of the human race and our most recent ancestors that we have in common with the apes. I found this quite rich introductory part one of the most interesting parts of the book. And throughout the book it is exciting to realize that there is an unbroken chain of ancestors going from myself and all the way back to the first ancient bacteria on earth! On the way back in time Dawkins tells different stories – or tales – to clarify and emphasize various scientific points of evolution theory. One of those tales is ‘the Salamanders tale’. The purpose of the salamanders tale is to show how species evolve and how it can be very difficult to tell when one s...