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The Chain of Life in Geological Time
John William, Sir Dawson
Read the rocks in order and life unfolds like a long, rising story. Sir William Dawson sketches the succession of animals and plants across the geological ages, from the earliest fossils to the world we know. A sweeping, accessible tour of deep time from a leading Victorian geologist. Follow the chain of living forms down through the ages of the earth.
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28 chapters
- 1THE CHAIN OF LIFE
- 2GEOLOGICAL TIME
- 3A SKETCH OF THE ORIGIN AND SUCCESSION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS
- 4SIR J. WILLIAM DAWSON
- 5THIRD AND REVISED EDITION
- 6THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY,
- 7PREFACE.
- 8CONTENTS.
- 9LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 10Tabular View of Geological Periods and of Life-Epochs.
- 11THE CHAIN OF LIFE.
- 12CHAPTER I. preliminary considerations as to the extent and sources of our knowledge.
- 13CHAPTER II. the beginning of life on the earth.
- 14CHAPTER III. the age of invertebrates of the sea.
- 15CHAPTER IV. the origin of plant life on the land.
- 16CHAPTER V. the appearance of vertebrate animals.
- 17CHAPTER VI. the first air-breathers.
- 18CHAPTER VII. the empire of the great reptiles.
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