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Paperback edition of the book which chronicles life's history through the stories of organisms that have survived, almost unchanged, through geological time. The hardback edition tied in with the BBC TV series of the same name, which attracted more than 750,000 viewers an episode. 'I was thrilled by "Survivors"... Reading Richard Fortey is always pure pleasure.' Bill Bryson
Synopsis
An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe in search of visible traces of evolution in the living creatures that have survived from earlier times.