The Bones Beneath Us: Extinction, Evolution & The Fragile Age of Humans

The Bones Beneath Us traces four billion years of planetary history, following the physical processes that shaped life before any human record and the brief interval in which our own species appeared. The narrative moves through vanished oceans, coal forests, ice-bound continents, and ancient seas where the first food webs took form, guided by evidence preserved in rock, fossil, and chemical signature.

Each chapter descends into a different depth of deep time. Extinctions leave distinct mark...