Describing evidence of evolution using fossils and living fossils. Amazing pictures to substantiate the journey of life on earth. Excellent writing keeping the balance between science and history. A treasure trove of knowledge of locations and various interesting land and marine species. This David Attenborough's book is a voyage of wits through time with the help of science and stories connecting extinct and extant species to answer some of the riddles related to evolution. Certain proofs and speculations about the role of nature in shaping the species in the past and present are mentioned in this book. Also the book ends with a note that how mankind has a responsibility to protect and nurture life on Earth as he mentions in the book ' No species has ever had such a wholesale control over everything on earth, living or dead, as now we have. That lays upon us, whether we like it or not, an awesome responsibility. In our hands now lies not only our own future, but that of all other living creatures with whom we share the earth' Reviewed by Nishand Venugopal