Life Through Time: The 700-Million-Year Story of Life on Earth

Life Through Time tells the 700-million-year story of life on Earth, from the earliest Ediacaran seas to the first farmers. This is a digital PDF edition, available for instant download after purchase.

Written by John Woodward and developed with consultant Chris Barker, this illustrated guide explores the rise of fishes, reptiles, and dinosaurs, and the mammals that followed.

Book Overview

This DK publication, first released in 2020, is a history of life on Earth in 34 illustrated pages. It moves through major geological periods, including the Cambrian explosion, the Devonian age of fishes, the Carboniferous swamp forests, and the reign of dinosaurs, before reaching Ice Age hunters and early farming communities.

The book’s scope is visual as well as scientific, using artwork and fossil reconstructions to bring ancient ecosystems to life.

What You’ll Discover Inside

• The Ediacaran organisms that lived long before complex life on land.
• Burgess Shale animals from the Cambrian explosion, including Opabinia and Anomalocaris.
• Devonian seas with placoderms, ammonites, and early sharks.
• The invasion of land in Carboniferous swamp forests.
• The rise and reign of the dinosaurs, from the first dinosaurs to feathered dragons.
• Later mammals, giant predators, mega marsupials, Ice Age hunters, and the first farmers.

Why This Book Matters

Life Through Time presents a broad sweep of Earth’s biological history in a compact illustrated format. It is a useful introduction for readers curious about fossils, prehistoric animals, and evolution. The book shows how life changed over hundreds of millions of years, connecting the deep past to the world we know today.

Book Details

Device Compatibility

This is a digital PDF download, not a physical book. There is no shipping; access is available immediately after purchase. The file can be opened with Kindle apps, tablets, desktop readers, mobile devices, and most PDF-compatible reading apps.

FAQ

How soon will I receive the book? Access is available instantly after purchase as a digital download.

Will a physical copy be shipped? No. This is a digital edition, so no physical copy will be mailed.

What devices can I use? You can read it on any device with a PDF-compatible reading app, including tablets, phones, computers, and Kindle apps.

Download Life Through Time and explore 700 million years of life on Earth at your own pace.