Tim Flannery's first major book since The Weather Makers charts the history of life on our planet. Here on Earth, which draws its points of departure from Darwin and Wallace, Lovelock and Dawkins, is an extraordinary exploration of evolution and sustainability.

Above all, this is an epic exploration of the reasons for hope.
Our success as a species has had disastrous effects on many of the Earth's ecosystems and could lead to our downfall. But equally, Flannery argues, we are now equipped as never before to explore our true relationship with the planet on which our biological, economic and cultural futures depend.

In the book Flannery questions our history on earth. Have we always, as we fanned out around the world, left a trail of destruction behind us, a legacy of trashed ecosystems and vanished species? Or have we humans succeeded because we are not only astonishing competitors but great cooperators too?

The answers to those questions may determine the survival of our civilisation. Our population will continue to grow and we must deal with incresingly urgent problems of climate, food, water and biodiversity. Here on Earth offers provocative and visionary solutions to these problems.

Can we, in the thick of our crisis, find hope and understanding in a new relationship with the planet that is our home?