Team up with Ackerley the Acanthostega once again to see how mammals came to dominate the planet. Many of them are now extinct - but no the most powerful of all Homo Sapiens - man
Discover facts fossils and scientific thoughts about
the largest land mammal ever
the earliest humans
the development of Homo Sapiens
The fourth part of the fascinating story of life on Earth is told with amazing computer-generated illustrations and fun diagrams an engaging narrative and loads of humour.


With Ackerley the Acanthostega explore the Cretaceous Period 145 to 66 million years ago when the mightiest dinosaurs stalked the planet seeking prey battling enemies and seeming totally indestructible until a cataclysmic mass extinction event.
Discover facts fossils and scientific thoughts about
the fiercest carnivore
rise of the raptors
the largest dinosaur
the great extinction
The third part of the fascinating story of life on Earth is told with amazing computer-generated illustrations and fun diagrams an engaging narrative and loads of humour.


#2 Dinosaurs Rule

by Matthew Rake

Published 5 June 2015

With Ackerley the Acanthostega visit the early Triassic to the late Jurassic periods - 58 million years in which dinosaurs first appeared then grew in size and numbers to dominate on land in the air and in the shallows and depths of the oceans.
Discover facts fossils and scientific thoughts about
first dinosaurs
flying reptiles
mighty sea beasts
the first birds


Join Ackerley the Acanthostega and travel back 4.5 billion years when our planet was formed then onwards to the appearance of the first organisms. Later still warms seas allowed fish to thrive and plants blossomed to give food and shelter to flying and scurrying insects.
Discover facts fossils and scientific thoughts about
the birth of our planet
early life
giant insects
early land-based animals
The first part of the fascinating story of life on Earth is told with amazing computer-generated illustrations and fun diagrams an engaging narrative and loads of humour.