Project Gutenberg 2016-01-19 Public domain in the USA. 53 Wallace, F. L. (Floyd L.) 1915 2004 Wallace, Floyd L. Wallace, Floyd Lee Wallace, F.L. Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH Big Ancestor Reading ease score: 76.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Big Ancestor" by F. L. Wallace is a science fiction novel published in the early 1950s. The narrative explores themes of evolution, interstellar travel, and the origins of humanity as it follows an expedition team searching for their ancestral roots within the Milky Way. The characters include both humans of different evolutionary stages and an alien pilot known as Taphetta, offering a unique perspective on human interbreeding and the biological spectrum of the species. The storyline revolves around a group of researchers and scientists led by Sam Halden, who embarks on a journey through space to uncover the truth about human origin and their connection to an ancient, long-forgotten civilization. As the crew encounters various species, they grapple with their racial identities and the implications of their shared lineage. They eventually discover a deserted planet of a once-advanced civilization that had previously fled due to an uncontrollable plague, which ironically, had mutated from vermin they unwittingly allowed aboard their ships. This twist not only challenges the characters' perceptions of superiority and progress but leaves them facing a disconcerting truth about their own history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Human beings -- Origin -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 82774 82779 2024-10-21T10:19:12.713411 2023-09-22T07:30:32.575299 text/html text/html 79452 2016-01-19T16:55:40 text/html; charset=us-ascii 385028 2016-01-19T16:55:42 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 425582 2024-10-21T10:19:14.866417 application/epub+zip 424507 2024-10-21T10:19:13.131428 application/epub+zip 92697 2024-10-21T10:19:12.902406 application/epub+zip 469126 2024-10-21T10:19:16.383420 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 461617 2024-10-21T10:19:14.637425 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 130343 2022-09-23T07:41:36.632385 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 75280 75185 2024-10-21T10:19:12.531424 2023-09-22T07:30:32.364291 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 75175 2016-01-19T16:55:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 28993 2016-01-19T16:55:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21452 2024-10-21T10:19:16.512419 application/rdf+xml 25756 2024-10-21T10:19:12.971412 image/jpeg 4408 2024-10-21T10:19:12.936497 image/jpeg 386452 2024-10-21T10:19:12.732405 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia