Life on Earth : a Natural History

Blurb

The books 13 chapters follow the sequence of epochal events in the evolution of life on earth, the emergence of unicelled, then multicelled organisms, the movement of living things from sea to land, the adaptation to life in the air, the development of warm blooded animals and the specialized breeding techniques that ensured the mammals success in colonizing the entire world. Also, the primates transition from a ground life to a tree life and back to ground life again and finally the evolution of man himself.