# The Road to Gondwana: In Search of the Lost Supercontinent - Hardcover

by **Bill Morris** (Author)

**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 Biography

**Bill Morris** is a writer, documentary filmmaker and musician based in Port Chalmers, New Zealand. He has worked extensively as a wildlife filmmaker for NHNZ, the BBC Natural History Unit and others, and is a regular contributor to _New Zealand Geographic_ magazine. His passion for science and stories of the natural world informs all of his work.

**Number of Pages:** 272

**Dimensions:** 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** March 14, 2023

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