Lucretius on Creation and Evolution A Commentary on De Rerum Natura, Book Five, Lines 772-1104

Lucrèce, University of Oxford, Reader in English Gordon Campbell, Gordon Lindsay Campbell — 2003

Lucretius' account of the origin of life, the origin of species and human prehistory (1st century BC) is the longest and most detailed account extant from the ancient world. This commentary seeks to locate Lucretius in both the ancient and modern contexts.