The Story Of Evolution Of Life
In this deeply researched Evolution picture book, Time narrates the evolution story — starting with how the Universe began, how our Earth came to be, the birth of the moon, to the very first life: the first RNA, all our great-great-great-grandmother. Her story, her world, her sacrifices, and every species that came from her, until today.
The story of Evolution, narrated by Time — a poetic and scientific tale. Starting from right before our universe was born, to the birth of Earth and the moon, to the beginning of life with the first RNA and every species that came from her, till today.
- •Deeply researched.
- •Every page a species — their story, the opportunities they had, the constraints they faced, and the biomechanical innovations each one brought on.
- •Special pages that delve into the deeper questions: god, gender, intelligence, the non-linearity of this grand experiment, and more such original, thought-provoking pages.
- •Original artwork on every page, playing its part in the storytelling.
- •Many hidden elements in the artwork, for extra surprise delights.
- •Not an ordinary evolution book that stays shallow. We dig deep, we talk about the controversial aspects, and it is one of the few books that challenges the anthropomorphic perspective.
- •For kids and adults.
- •110 pages.
One Continuous Story
Not a list of facts by category. Read it front to back and every chapter is the consequence of the one before it — from before there was time, to what happens after us.
Before time
A world forms
~4.5 – 4.2 billion yearsFirst life
~3.8 – 2.5 billion yearsThe long middle
~2.1 – 1 billion yearsAnimals arrive
~730 – 500 million yearsOnto land
~515 – 360 million yearsThe age of reptiles
Mammals take over
Us
And after
There Are Plenty Of Evolution Books.
None As Thoughtful As This One.
None researched this deeply, and none free of the human supremacy bias that runs through almost all of them. We are a class apart.
What is on each page is not the readily available paragraph about a species. It is every system it ran, every innovation it made, and the story of why it had to.
Every Species, Properly
Features, characteristics, and the behavioural innovations they brought with them — alongside the constraints they were up against and the openings they found. The pressure comes first; the biology is the answer to it.
No Anthropocentric Bias
Most books treat RNA, plants, even other animals as lifeless, mindless material. That could not be further from the truth. Here they are what they are: flourishing, intelligent, relentlessly adaptive life.
Intelligence Is Not Ours Alone
A prokaryote sensed, decided and acted four billion years before there was a brain to do it with. If thinking is older than neurons, the question is not whether other life thinks — it is why we assumed it didn’t.
The Questions It Leaves Open
What do we mean by god. How genes, gender and behaviour are wired to each other. Whether humans have lost the capacity for biomechanical evolution. What it means that we are one outcome of all the intelligence that came before us.
What We Are Doing To Selection
Species are dying under human hands, and at the same time evolution is surging on under our noses, in places we do not look. Both are happening. The book says so.
Painted, Not Assembled
Original artwork that plays its role in the storytelling — and hides some surprise details and information.