In 'Living on Earth', the philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith proposes a new way of understanding how the actions of living beings have shaped our planet. Ranging from the seas to the forests, and from animate matters first appearance to its future extinction, Godfrey-Smith offers a novel picture of the course of life on Earth and how we might meet the challenges of our time, the Anthropocene. From the author of 'Other Minds' and 'Metazoa'.