Reviews & Press
What on Earth Evolved? in Brief... by Christopher Lloyd
The Independent, June 2009
An addictive guide to the 100 species that have had the greatest impact on the planet over its evolutionary history.
Every kid deserves to have this book lying around their house
About.com, February 2009
But What on Earth Evolved? is plenty engaging for the parents of those kids and might find a comfortable place in a school library as well.
An engrossing journey from the beginning of life...
Science News, February 13th 2009
An eloquent and richly illustrated volume... a veritable who’s who of organisms that Lloyd contends are the 100 most important species in the planet’s history.
Science writing as it really should be done...
New Scientist “Books of the Year”, December 2009
Don't ask for it for yourself, as someone else is likely to pick it up, get absorbed and refuse to give it back.
Historian Asks: “What on Earth Evolved?”
NPR Radio 13th December, 2009
Christopher Lloyd speaks for 30 minutes to American radio listeners who try to guess the top 3 species in the 100 that changed the world.... Listen here...
On Deck with Charles Darwin as the Beagle Sails Again
Weekend Telegraph, 3rd December, 2009
A re-enactment of Charles Darwin's great voyage elicits sympathy
from Christopher Lloyd.
What on Earth Evolved? - The Best Looking Books Around
The Leeds Guide, 25th November, 2009
Colourful and imaginative: it does what all good science books should....presenting
interest to the layman in a clear and appealing way
Wiggle-power: It’s Easy to Underestimate Worms
The Daily Mail, 18th October, 2009.
A new book claims that worms are the world’s most influential species…..
The most extraordinary creatures ever to have lived.
John Humphries takes the author to task
The TODAY Programme, 9th October, 2009
Christopher Lloyd is interviewed on why worms come top of the 100 species that changed the world, on the BBC Radio 4s flagship breakfast programme
Worms Beat Humans to be the Top Species
The Daily Telegraph, 3rd October, 2009.
The earthworm has ranked above dinosaurs, bacteria and even humans in a
league table of the 100 most successful species on earth.
Earthworms pip humans in top species list
The Times of India, 5th October, 2009
The humble earthworms have pipped mankind and dinosaurs to emerge as
the most successful 100 species on Earth in a new league table.
Resurgence Magazine, October / November, 2009.
A new book claims that worms are the world’s most influential species…..
The most extraordinary creatures ever to have lived.
Author Lloyd Creates Online Game to Promote Book
The Bookseller, 30th September, 2009
Author Christopher Lloyd has developed an online game to help promote his
new book What on Earth Evolved? 100 Species that Changed the World
Why Humans Rank Behind Earthworms
Kent on Sunday, 27th September 2009
Christopher Lloyd wants us to think about our history in relation to other species on the planet
Earth Matters Magazine, Autumn 2009
What’s the greatest species that has ever lived? If you thought it was humans, think again!
