The Rise of Life: The First 3.5 Billion Years

by John Reader

Traces the history of paleontology, looks at the age of dinosaurs, explains the theory of evolution, and suggests where human beings fit into nature's scheme

Genres: Nonfiction

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

An author and photojournalist with more than forty years' professional experience. He holds an Honorary Research Fellowship in the Department of Anthropology at U.C.L.