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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Life's Dawn on Earth
John William, Sir Dawson
234 pages~4 hr 40 min read224 chapters$4.99
Where does the record of life begin in the rocks? John William Dawson digs into the earliest fossils, weighing the faint traces of the first living things against the certainties of later ages. A careful survey of the dawn of life on our planet, written by a leading geologist. Read the opening chapter of life itself.
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