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The History of Life

Ranging over four billion years, Benton weaves together the latest findings on fossils, earth history, evolutionary biology, and many other fields to highlight the great leaps that enabled life to evolve from microbe to human-big breakthroughs that made whole new ways of life possible.


Author:

  • Michael J. Benton

Narrator:

  • Peter Larkin

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 5 h 12 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Natural sciences
  • Physics and chemistry
  • Climate, nature, and animals
  • Climate and geography

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