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Le supercontinent
En 2002, le village de Trachilos en Crète fut le théâtre d’une émouvante découverte : des empreintes de pas quasi humaines, imprimées dans des roches datant du Miocène – la preuve que de grands singes bipèdes évoluèrent en Europe, bien avant l’arrivée d’Homo erectus il y a près de 2 millions d’années !
Qu’il s’agisse ou non de nos ancêtres, ces primates consacrent le statut exceptionnel de notre « supercontinent », une terre de métissage au carrefour de l’Asie, de l’Afrique et de l’Amérique du Nord. Une terre de tous les changements, soumise à une intense activité géologique, à de profonds bouleversements climatiques, mais aussi à la pression de l’homme… Voici enfin l’histoire au temps long – de 100 millions d’années à nos jours – de tous ceux qui l’habitèrent : sa flore, sa faune, sans oublier nos lointains cousins humains.
Un formidable récit, visuel et documenté, où se croisent pêle-mêle récifs coralliens, mangroves, steppes glacées, ammonites, ptérodactyles, tortues, rhinocéros, tritons, mammouths et autres Néandertaliens…
Qu’il s’agisse ou non de nos ancêtres, ces primates consacrent le statut exceptionnel de notre « supercontinent », une terre de métissage au carrefour de l’Asie, de l’Afrique et de l’Amérique du Nord. Une terre de tous les changements, soumise à une intense activité géologique, à de profonds bouleversements climatiques, mais aussi à la pression de l’homme… Voici enfin l’histoire au temps long – de 100 millions d’années à nos jours – de tous ceux qui l’habitèrent : sa flore, sa faune, sans oublier nos lointains cousins humains.
Un formidable récit, visuel et documenté, où se croisent pêle-mêle récifs coralliens, mangroves, steppes glacées, ammonites, ptérodactyles, tortues, rhinocéros, tritons, mammouths et autres Néandertaliens…
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Published September 25, 2019
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About the author
Tim Flannery
135 books395 followersTim Flannery is one of Australia's leading thinkers and writers.
An internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist, he has published more than 130 peer-reviewed scientific papers and many books. His books include the landmark works The Future Eaters and The Weather Makers, which has been translated into more than 20 languages and in 2006 won the NSW Premiers Literary Prizes for Best Critical Writing and Book of the Year.
He received a Centenary of Federation Medal for his services to Australian science and in 2002 delivered the Australia Day address. In 2005 he was named Australian Humanist of the Year, and in 2007 honoured as Australian of the Year.
He spent a year teaching at Harvard, and is a founding member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, a director of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, and the National Geographic Society's representative in Australasia. He serves on the board of WWF International (London and Gland) and on the sustainability advisory councils of Siemens (Munich) and Tata Power (Mumbai).
In 2007 he co-founded and was appointed Chair of the Copenhagen Climate Council, a coalition of community, business, and political leaders who came together to confront climate change.
Tim Flannery is currently Professor of Science at Maquarie University, Sydney.
An internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist, he has published more than 130 peer-reviewed scientific papers and many books. His books include the landmark works The Future Eaters and The Weather Makers, which has been translated into more than 20 languages and in 2006 won the NSW Premiers Literary Prizes for Best Critical Writing and Book of the Year.
He received a Centenary of Federation Medal for his services to Australian science and in 2002 delivered the Australia Day address. In 2005 he was named Australian Humanist of the Year, and in 2007 honoured as Australian of the Year.
He spent a year teaching at Harvard, and is a founding member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, a director of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, and the National Geographic Society's representative in Australasia. He serves on the board of WWF International (London and Gland) and on the sustainability advisory councils of Siemens (Munich) and Tata Power (Mumbai).
In 2007 he co-founded and was appointed Chair of the Copenhagen Climate Council, a coalition of community, business, and political leaders who came together to confront climate change.
Tim Flannery is currently Professor of Science at Maquarie University, Sydney.
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April 23, 2024
C'était trop intéressant !
Tim Flannery raconte l'histoire de l'Europe, de -100 millions d'années à aujourd'hui, dans un vocabulaire parfaitement accessible pour les personnes sans esprit scientifique comme moi. C'est très fouillé et bourré de petites anecdotes insolites et drôles.
Tim Flannery raconte l'histoire de l'Europe, de -100 millions d'années à aujourd'hui, dans un vocabulaire parfaitement accessible pour les personnes sans esprit scientifique comme moi. C'est très fouillé et bourré de petites anecdotes insolites et drôles.
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