From internationally bestselling author and celebrated scientist
Tim Flannery, a history of Europe unlike any before: an ecological
account of the land itself and the forces shaping life on it. In
Europe: A Natural History, world-renowned scientist, explorer, and
conservationist Tim Flannery applies the eloquent interdisciplinary
approach he used in his ecological histories of Australia and North
America to the story of Europe. He begins 100 million years ago,
when the continents of Asia, North America, and Africa interacted
to create an island archipelago that would later become the Europe
we know today. It was on these ancient tropical lands that the
first distinctly European organisms evolved. Flannery teaches us
about Europe's midwife toad, which has endured since the
continent's beginning, while elephants, crocodiles, and giant
sharks have come and gone. He explores the monumental changes
wrought by the devastating comet strike and shows how rapid
atmospheric shifts transformed the European archipelago into a
single landmass during the Eocene. As the story moves through
millions of years of evolutionary history, Flannery eventually
turns to our own species, describing the immense impact humans had
on the continent's flora and fauna--within 30,000 years of our
arrival in Europe, the woolly rhino, the cave bear, and the giant
elk, among others, would disappear completely. The story continues
right up to the present, as Flannery describes Europe's leading
role in wildlife restoration, and then looks ahead to ponder the
continent's future: with advancements in gene editing technology,
European scientists are working to recreate some of the continent's
lost creatures, such as the great ox of Europe's primeval forests
and even the woolly mammoth. Written with Flannery's characteristic
combination of elegant prose and scientific expertise, Europe: A
Natural History narrates the dramatic natural history and dynamic
evolution of one of the most influential places on Earth.
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