Book description
From their beginnings foraging at the feet of the dinosaurs, through
the apocalypse of an asteroid strike, through countless years of the day
to day life and death dramas of survival of the fittest, to the rise and
fall of mankind and the final destruction of earth by the expanding sun,
the primates have survived. This is their story. EVOLUTION follows the
ebb and flow of the fortunes of one group of creatures as they change
and adapt to their world somewhere on the horn of Africa. It turns the
story of Darwinian evolution into a constant drama, a daily life and
death struggle, a heroic story of life's endurance. It is a story that
transcends generations, species, mankind and, in the end, the Earth
itself. In the tradition of Olaf Stapledon and HG Wells. Stephen
Baxter is the pre-eminent SF writer of his generation. Published around
the world he has also won major awards in the UK, US, Germany, and
Japan. Born in 1957 he has degrees from Cambridge and Southampton. He
lives in Northumberland with his wife.
