4.5/5
David Attenborough is best known for all the fantastic nature documentaries he´s been a part of, but he´s also written dozens of books that I´m so glad to have finally discovered. Life on Earth is a wonderful introduction to biology, it goes through our entire evolution in a coherent way. Yes, it´s quite simplified, but full of fascinating examples of all kinds of different life forms. The book is written in 1979, so the information is not very recent. But I don´t think any of it is wrong, species are what they were then. Though new discoveries have surely been made. I study biology at university and got a lot from Life on Earth. I learnt about so many different species and I´m sure this reading experience will be great help in my studies. The book is full of post it notes so it´s easy to return to my favourite parts. I´d recommend Life on Earth to anyone who has even the slightest interest in biology as it´s very easy to understand and just incredibly intriguing With all the threats our planet is facing it´s more important than ever to understand our nature´s biodiversity.