This is a reverse take on the usual evolutionary story where the rise of mankind takes place as a seemingly inevitable progression from the starting point of life. Instead working backwards and looking at points where different and often larger groups join our own story provides the reader with a far greater sense of the grandeur of life and our place within it. This illuminating journey ends, of course, with the origins of life itself.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 55 Winter 2010 ) |
