Renowned specialists in their fields examine such subjects as the mutation of species, the evolution of life on earth, as well as animal, human, plant and immunological diversity, in this previously unpublished volume in the series the "Université de tous les savoirs".
It aims to give readers a greater understanding of life and its evolution.

Contributions by Guillaume Balavoine, François Bonhomme, Anne Cambon-Thomsen, Jean-Pierre Changeux, Vincent Cortillot, Philippe Descola, Anne Fagot-Largeault, Régis Ferrière, Hervé Le Guyader, Purificacion Lopez-Garcia, Sylvie Mazan, Yves Michaud, Anne-Marie Moulin, Jacques Mugnier, Alain Prochiantz, Miroslav Radman, Brigitte Senut, Jean-Denis Vigne, Franck-Dominique Vivien, Jean-Claude Weill, Jean Wissenbach.