Prehistoric World: The 3,400 Million Years Before Modern Man
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Long before the first human footprint was ever pressed into the earth, life in breathtaking and alien forms ruled a planet still finding its shape — Prehistoric World: The 3,400 Million Years Before Modern Man by Richard Moody is a sweeping, authoritative journey through the vast epochs of prehistoric life on Earth. Spanning an almost incomprehensible 3,400 million years of natural history, the book chronicles the emergence, dominance, and extinction of creatures ranging from the earliest single-celled organisms to the great megafauna of the Pleistocene, presenting the reader with a rich and scientifically grounded panorama of life before humanity's arrival. Moody writes with the precision of a palaeontologist and the passion of a natural historian, illustrating the intricate web of evolutionary pressures, geological upheavals, and biological innovations that shaped the living world. The text masterfully bridges the gap between rigorous science and accessible narrative, making complex concepts in evolution, ecology, and stratigraphy vivid and comprehensible. Rich with detailed illustration and meticulous research, this volume stands as a landmark in popular natural history writing — and leaves the reader with one haunting question: in the grand sweep of deep time, just how significant is our own brief moment?
Author: Richard Moody
Format: Hardback
Genre: Natural history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Long before the first human footprint was ever pressed into the earth, life in breathtaking and alien forms ruled a planet still finding its shape — Prehistoric World: The 3,400 Million Years Before Modern Man by Richard Moody is a sweeping, authoritative journey through the vast epochs of prehistoric life on Earth. Spanning an almost incomprehensible 3,400 million years of natural history, the book chronicles the emergence, dominance, and extinction of creatures ranging from the earliest single-celled organisms to the great megafauna of the Pleistocene, presenting the reader with a rich and scientifically grounded panorama of life before humanity's arrival. Moody writes with the precision of a palaeontologist and the passion of a natural historian, illustrating the intricate web of evolutionary pressures, geological upheavals, and biological innovations that shaped the living world. The text masterfully bridges the gap between rigorous science and accessible narrative, making complex concepts in evolution, ecology, and stratigraphy vivid and comprehensible. Rich with detailed illustration and meticulous research, this volume stands as a landmark in popular natural history writing — and leaves the reader with one haunting question: in the grand sweep of deep time, just how significant is our own brief moment?