The book is intended for all young readers with an interest in prehistoric animals and plants and the evolution of life on planet Earth.

From the origins of Earth and the first simple life forms right up to modern-day humans, you’ll find here all you need to know about the evolution of live on Earth. Every period has its own chapter and a large fold-out map where you’ll find full-colour illustrations of representatives of the animal and plant kingdoms characteristic of a particular time. A special space is devoted to prehistoric lizards, too. In the encyclopedia you’ll find (out) about the following:

• the origins of the Earth and forms of life
• individual eras from the Paleozoic to the Quaternary
• animals and plants from all continents and from each era
• human evolution
• entertaining, full-colour illustrations
• dinosaurs, mammoths, sabre-toothed tigers and many other creatures