"Winter lasted eigthy thousand years." "A mantle of ice covered the continent." "In those hostile conditions, animals fought the glacial temperatures." "In this immensity, very few traces of mankind, only a few piles of rocks." "And the interminable ends." "Imperceptibly, the Earth tilted, and offered itself to the Sun a bit more." "A few degrees of change and everything was overturned." "Entire cliffs crumbled and sank into the ocean, revealing the European coasts." "For Ice Age animals a long journey to the polar circle began." "Twelve thousand years ago, the ground was heating up." "Water sprang." "A new life began." "Trees began their conquest of the continent." "Within a few centuries," "Europe became an ocean of greenery." "And so the golden age of forests began." "Thus seasons were born." "The forest was full of animals, men, and divinities." "For thousands of years, nothing changed." "Days and nights flowed, following the rhythm of the seasons." "Under the unchanging sky, life went on, in the course of seasons and centuries." "Thousands of years passed, and apparently, nothing had changed." "A new time was coming." "Those who worshiped springs and trees gave their place to new men who worked the ground and domesticated animals." "Wolves went deep into the forest, and hunter-gatherers vanished without a trace." "The golden age of forests was over." "Forests retreated." "Fields started bordering them." "Big animals withdrew, leaving their territories." "A world disappeared." "For the first time, the animal territories were fragmented, divided." "The landscape was metamorphosed." "The country was born." "New plants replaced the trees of the forests" "New environment, new opportunities." "Forests became less dense," "Seeking refuge in them became difficult." "Animals started venturing uncovered." "Flowered gardens slowly replaced nature." "Springs were still flowing." "As for thick forests, their time was being counted." "Forests were trimmed, refitted for the hunt." "Three thousand oaks were barely enough to build a single ship for the Royal Fleet." "The tribute paid by the forests soon became unsustainable." "In this new world, wolves didn't have their place anymore." "Tracked, hunted, they suffered from a merciless war." "From now on, animals were declared useful, unwanted or... symbols of misfortune" "Their territories disappearing, big savage animals took refuge in the most remote areas." "The mountain was still wild." "In the plains, the country offered to a multitude of animals new places of freedom." "Birds now could appreciate the summer sun." "Where buffaloes and wild horses used to live bees and butterflies were now busy." "For the time it takes for a bird to sing, sometimes, the war falls silent." "War gases have found a new use." "Sorcerer's apprentices, men became a geological force." "They modify nature, and seasons." "What does remain of the golden age of forests?" "Here, ten thousand years ago, we would have found a forest populated by wild animals." "If we are able to build eternal cities, we must be able to preserve the wild part of our world." "How do we think about our fellow Earthlings?" "Those we must share the territories with." "Threatened, attacked from all sides, our nature still hasn't abdicated." "It's not too late." "It's resisting." "Our common history with animals has been long and rowdy." "At the beginning of this new century, a new alliance is still possible."