Book review: Sorry, but are we related? The Variety of Life by Colin Tudge Oxford University Press, pounds 35, 684pp; Deep Time by Henry Gee Fourth Estate, pounds 20, 212pp

The Independent - London | April 8, 2000| | Copyright

O wonder!", cries Miranda in The Tempest, "How many goodly creatures are there here!". Shakespeare was spot on as usual. A simple list of every creature now known to live on Earth would fill seven fat volumes, Colin Tudge calculates. It could run to 70 or more were we to include the living species yet to be discovered. "And if we could find out all the creatures that have lived in the past we would need a substantial library - just to make the barest list," he writes. "How can we possibly cope? Classify, is the answer."

Taxonomy may sound dull, but Tudge makes a brilliant case for it. A ...

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