A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters

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Dr Henry Gee presents creatures from ‘gregarious’ bacteria populating the seas to duelling dinosaurs in the Triassic period, to magnificent mammals with the future in their grasp. 6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters. 6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters is an enlightening story of survival, of persistence, illuminating the delicate balance within which life has always existed, and continues to exist today. Dr Henry Gee presents creatures from 'gregarious' bacteria populating the seas to duelling dinosaurs in the Triassic period, to magnificent mammals with the future in their grasp. Broadway | Nyack, New York 10960 Lifes evolutionary steps from the development of a digestive system to the awe of creatures taking to the skies in flight are conveyed with an alluring, up-close intimacy. Life teems through Henry Gees lyrical prose colossal supercontinents drift, collide, and coalesce, fashioning the face of the planet as we know it today. For billions of years, Earth was an inhospitably alien place covered with churning seas, slowly crafting its landscape by way of incessant volcanic eruptions, the atmosphere in a constant state of chemical flux. .