02527cam a2200337 i 4500 1846525186 TxAuBib 20250514120000.0 241217s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024042892 9781250288998 HRD 29.00 1250288991 HRD 29.00 TxAuBib rda Black, Riley, author. When the Earth was green [BOOK] : plants, animals, and evolution's greatest romance / Riley Black. Plants, animals, and evolution's greatest romance. First edition. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2025. 291 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. "Fossil plants allow us to touch the lost worlds from billions of years of evolutionary backstory. Each petrified leaf and root show us that dinosaurs, saber-toothed cats, and even humans would not exist without the evolutionary efforts of their leafy counterparts. It has been the constant growth of plants that have allowed so many of our favorite, fascinating prehistoric creatures to evolve, oxygenating the atmosphere, coaxing animals onto land, and forming the forests that shaped our ancestors' anatomy. It is impossible to understand our history without them. Or, our future. Using the same scientifically-informed narrative technique that readers loved in the award-winning The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, in When the Earth Was Green, Riley Black brings readers back in time to prehistoric seas, swamps, forests, and savannas where critical moments in plant evolution unfolded. Each chapter stars plants and animals alike, underscoring how the interactions between species have helped shape the world we call home. As the chapters move upwards in time, Black guides readers along the burgeoning trunk of the Tree of Life, stopping to appreciate branches of an evolutionary story that links the world we know with one we can only just perceive now through the silent stone, from ancient roots to the present.". 20250514. A Friend of Darwin Award, 2024. Paleobotany Popular works. Plants Evolution Popular works. Plants, Fossil Popular works. Evolutionary paleoecology Popular works.