The Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2022 Winner

It is our great pleasure to confirm A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth by Henry Gee as the winner of the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2022.

In this eye-opening and hugely readable volume, the Nature editor, palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist Henry Gee draws from the latest science to chronicle life's evolutionary steps with infectious enthusiasm. An enlightening tale of survival and persistence, A (Very) Short History of Life takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the last 4.6 billion years on Earth.