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    Europe: A Natural History

    By Tim Flannery

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  • Tim Flannery is a prolific, versatile, and renowned scientist with experience in mammalogy, paleontology and environmental science. Sir David Attenborough described him as being "in the league of all-time great explorers." He is also a devoted global warming activist and served as the Chief Commissioner of the Climate Commission, a Federal Government body providing information on climate change to the Australian public.



  • Flannery is credited with discovering "more species than Darwin" (Redmond O'Hanlon) and was awarded the 2010 Joseph Leidy Award from the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. He is especially equipped to discuss the evolutionary and ecological history of our planet.



  • Flannery’s previous two definitive ecological histories—The Future Eaters, about Australia, and The Eternal Frontier, which covered North America—were published to rave reviews.



  • Flannery’s 2007 book The Weather Makers was a #1 international bestseller, was named an ALA Notable Book of the Year, and has over 150,000 copies in print.



  • In addition to covering the ecological history of Europe, Europe: A Natural History also discusses some of the most recent, groundbreaking developments in gene editing technology and considers the possible impact of these tools on our society and our planet.
    • LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAtlantic Monthly Press
    Release dateFeb 12, 2019
    ISBN9780802146953
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    Europe: A Natural History
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    Tim Flannery

    Professor TIM FLANNERY is a leading writer on climate change. A Scientist, an explorer and a conservationist, Flannery has held various academic positions including Professor at the University of Adelaide, Director of the South Australian Museum and Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Museum. A frequent presenter on ABC Radio, NPR and the BBC, he has also written and presented several series on the Documentary Channel. His books include Here on Earth and the international number one bestseller The Weather Makers. Flannery was named Australian of the Year in 2007.

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    • 5/5
      Entertaining and thoroughly fascinating book from of my favourite authors. Noted Australian biologist and environmentalist Tim Flannery follows up on his books on the natural histories of Australia and North America with a history of life in Europe from 100 million years ago to the present. Europe began as an archipelago of small landmasses and large islands in the wake of the break-up of Pangaea, unlike the other continents it was completely unrecognisable from what it is today (Flannery makes the pertinent point that technically Europe is not a continent at all, merely a division of the greater Eurasian land mass). At the beginning of its history Europe was the domain of not very impressive dinosaurs, primitive amphibians, reptiles and birds. After the dinosaurs passed a varity of mammals came and went between Europe and the other continets as land bridges opened and closed, culminating in the spectacaular megafauna of the Ice Age. Many readers might be surprised by the fact that animals such as lions, hyenas, giraffes, rhinos, hippos, giant birds, crocodiles and even apes have all called Europe home at some stage in its history. Flannery livens his account with humour and revelation of amazing facts ie that mammoths had a "clapper" that protected their anus from the cold, and the Balaeric Isles were once occupied by a creature best described as a "mouse-goat". The account concludes in the modern era with the extinction and near-extinction of many animals, the return from the brink of others, and the fight to return long-gone animals to their former European homes. Immensely enjoyable and wonderfully informative book.
    • 4/5
      Easy and entertaining read and lots of interesting stuff. I hadn't heard the name for the european bison - wisent - before but I won't forget it now. I'm still struggling to grasp the different sweeps of time, with plate tectonics, ancient animal races, ice ages and recent history. I thought for a while that more and better timelines might help but I've seen lots of timelines before and it never seems to sink in so hopefully this narrative will leave a more lasting trace. And I love the suggestion we might rewild Europe not just with bears and wolves, but with wisent, lions and forest elephant. We have beavers coming to a wildlife trust enclosure in Derbyshire this year - perhaps only the start!
    • 5/5
      Simply brilliant! A masterful saga told by one of Australia's greatest authors of natural history.