THE BONES BENEATH US
Extinction, Evolution & The Fragile Age of Humans
An ambitious retelling of Earth’s deep history that traces life through shifting worlds and long eras of transformation, showing how billions of years of change have carried our species to the edge of its most uncertain moment.
About The Author
George Wakeman writes about deep time, extinction, and the history of life. He created the @extinctanimalsfacts Instagram page, a project followed by more than half a million people.After leaving his job, he spent two years travelling to give himself the time to research, plan, and write this book.The Bones Beneath Us: Extinction, Evolution & The Fragile Age of Humans is his first major work, a narrative study of Earth’s deep history and the uncertain chapter our species has entered.