Nature and The Environment
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Survivors: The Animals and Plants that Time has Left Behind
9:00am | Sunday 25 March 2012| Tickets: | Duration: | Venue: |
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In this wonderful and eye-opening piece of scientific detective work, Richard Fortey takes us on a journey across the globe in search of traces of evolution in creatures that have survived from long ago. He follows the history of life on Earth not through fossils but through the living stories of plants and animals that have survived almost unchanged for millions of years. The writer’s subjects range from algal mats dating back two billion years to the musk oxen survivors of the Ice Age.
Fortey is a former senior palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum. He has won acclaim for his engaging writing style and is author of several books including The Hidden Landscape, which won The Natural World Book of the Year.
‘A true delight: full of awe-inspiring details . . . the book blends travel, history, reportage and science to create an unforgettable picture of our ancient earth.’ Sunday Times