How has the Earth and life on it changed? Why do plants and animals adapt tolive in extreme conditions? What is ballooning? The Distribution of Speciesexplains ... » 

How has the Earth and life on it changed? Why do plants and animals adapt tolive in extreme conditions? What is ballooning? The Distribution of Speciesexplains why and how things live where they do from scalding hydrothermal ventsto the coldest glaciers. See how ballooning exploding and rafting helpspecies spread from place to place. Understand why rain forests play host tosome of the most beautifully ornate dancing birds and discover how Earth oncehad just one huge landmass. Life on Earth is constantly changing. It has beendoing so for as long as we know and far before humans were here. Through theuse of detailed case studies and scientific theories the books in theTimeline Life on Earth series discuss how changes are studied what theevidence reveals and how such changes have had and continue to have animpact on Earth. «