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raiju01's review against another edition
4.0
Seeing a timeline of the mammals since the days of the end-Permian was surreal, and how mammals evolved all the traits that make them what they are today. Only one chapter foced on the Homo species, which is fine by me, there are a lot of books that focus on those.
I really love the little fictitious stories the author comes up with for fossils, very cute.
I really love the little fictitious stories the author comes up with for fossils, very cute.
gnomeguy1138's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
jenhurst's review against another edition
3.0
3.5.
I didn’t find this as interesting as the rise and the fall of the dinosaurs and I found it pretty dry. I still learned some interesting Dino facts though
I didn’t find this as interesting as the rise and the fall of the dinosaurs and I found it pretty dry. I still learned some interesting Dino facts though
thetrickyfox's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
A very comprehensive overview of mammal evolution, from humble non-mammal beginnings to now. Brunette is an excellent and engaging writer, and I especially appreciated him emphasising the contributions of people who are often left out of science history (women, people of colour, native populations whose lands were ransacked to collect fossils, etc.). This was obviously thoroughly researched with a real wealth of sources provided to pour through if you find one area especially interested. Yet another book that makes me wish I'd stuck with my childhood dream of becoming a paleontologist.
csgiansante's review against another edition
4.0
There is A LOT of content in this book and maybe too much for the non-expert. But once you understand the structure of the book, it reads pretty nicely.