The Road to Gondwana: In search of the lost supercontinent

Encompassing 500 million years of history, The Road to Gondwana takes the reader on an epic journey in search of the lost southern supercontinent. “an original view of how Gondwana came and went yet still leaves its trace.” “Lyrical, dramatic and utterly readable – The Road to Gondwana leaps across continents and epochs with verve and scientific seriousness. A book to make you fall in love with geology, and the story of the earth’s deep time.” “This book is a great read. Morris is at his best when writing about geology and travel, and he succeeds in giving the reader a feel for the evolution of the supercontinent. I don’t know of a recent comparable book on the subject. I recommend it to the general reader and to students and academics as an engaging introduction to the evolution of Gondwana and its impact on Earth history.”

An immersive and fascinating journey into deep time, charting the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana through a billion years of Earth’s history.

‘Gondwana’ is a mystery of geological history; a lost supercontinent and a place woven into the consciousness of all who inhabit its scattered fragments. Today, the people who live in Africa, South America, India, Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Arabia spend their lives walking around on what’s left of Gondwana. But what was life like when it was whole?

 The Road to Gondwana traces the steps science took to find Gondwana, and the evolutionary journey of Gondwana itself. Our tour guide on this journey is Glossopteris – an extinct tree that dominated the supercontinent for 50 million years, before vanishing in the most devastating event ever to strike life on this planet, the Permian mass extinction. 

This is a story about deep time and the challenges that face those who venture there. It’s about the importance of imagination in science, and the reasons that the journey towards understanding is sometimes more important than the destination. 

• | Author: Bill Morris
• | Publisher: Exisle Publishing
• | Publication Date: Oct 05, 2022
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781922539335
• | ISBN-10: 1922539333