A "New York Times Book Review" Editors' Choice "Extraordinary.
. . . Anyone with the slightest interest in biology should read
this book."--"The New York Times Book Review" "A marvelous museum
of the past four billion years on earth--capacious, jammed with
treasures, full of learning and wide-eyed wonder."--"The Boston
Globe" From its origins on the still-forming planet to the recent
emergence of Homo sapiens--one of the world's leading
paleontologists offers an absorbing account of how and why life on
earth developed as it did. Interlacing the tale of his own
adventures in the field with vivid descriptions of creatures who
emerged and disappeared in the long march of geologic time, Richard
Fortey sheds light upon a fascinating array of evolutionary
wonders, mysteries, and debates. Brimming with wit, literary style,
and the joy of discovery, this is an indispensable book that will
delight the general reader and the scientist alike. "A drama bolder
and more sweeping than Gone with the Wind . . . a pleasure to
read."--"Science" "A beautifully written and structured work . . .
packed with lucid expositions of science."--"Natural History"
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