A Natural History Of The First Four Thousand Million Years of Life On Earth. Beautiful photos of different types of life, from the beginnings of life in the seas to what may happen in the future. Written by a senior paleontologist at the natural History Museum in London this book is an account of life on Earth, from the Big Bang to the advent of man based entirely on the most original of all sources--the evidence of fossils. Richard Fortey 2008 - published by the Folio Society in Great Britain. Hardcover with a slip case.