TY - BOOK AU - Banes, Graham L TI - Kingfisher encyclopedia of life: minutes, months, millennia-- how long is a life on Earth? SN - 9780753437674 U1 - 508.03 BAN-G PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - Kingfisher KW - Life spans (Biology) KW - Natural history KW - Life expectancy KW - Plants KW - Animals N1 - The Kingfisher Encyclopedia of Life Minutes, months, millennia how long is a life on earth? Welcome to the Kingfisher Encyclopedia of Life-a jaw-dropping look at 30,000 years of biological evolution organized through the lens of relative lifespan. Packed with the latest science, and created with todays highly visual reader in mind, this encyclopedia is designed to engage readers emotionally-from a sense of astonishment that the mayfly can enjoy a full life in less time than it takes to read the book, to the awe that is inspired by trees over a thousand years old, to a sense of humble self-reflection when encountering colonies ER -