Henry Gee

Henry Gee: A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth

Wednesday 30 October, 5.45pm
Augustine Hall, Augustine House
Tickets £14 (Incl. £1.50 booking fee)

For billions of years, Earth was an inhospitably alien place – covered with churning seas, incessant volcanic eruptions and an atmosphere in a constant state of chemical flux. And yet, despite facing literally every conceivable setback that living organisms could encounter, life has been extinguished and picked itself up to evolve again. Slimes begat sponges, who through billions of years of complex evolution and adaptation grew a backbone, braved the unknown of pitiless shores, and sought an existence beyond the sea.

Join British paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and author Henry Gee for an enlightening story of survival and persistence, illuminating the delicate balance within which life has always existed, and continues to exist today. It is our planet like you’ve never seen it before.

Talks will last approximately one hour followed by a Q&A.

Books will be sold at the Talks and online by The Bookshop at Canterbury Christ Church University.

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A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth (Signed)

Gee, Henry

£9.89 £10.99

4.6 billion years of the story of life on Earth, in 52,000 words. Brief, brilliant and entirely gripping.

Across the Bridge: Understanding the Origin of the Vertebrates

Gee, Henry

£21.60 £24.00

This is Nature editor Henry Gee's magnum opus, a major account of the development of vertebrates.

The Accidental Species: Misunderstandings of Human Evolution

Gee, Henry

£13.50 £15.00

The idea of a missing link between humanity and our animal ancestors predates evolution and popular science. The author takes aim at this misleading notion, arguing that it reflects a profound misunderstanding of how evolution works and, when applied to the evolution of our own species, supports mistaken ideas about our own place in the universe.