Life on Earth: A Natural HistoryEvolution - Forests - Marine animals and plants - Birds - Mammals and marsupials - Adaptation - Primates - Animal communication; Baboon - Dinosaurs - Eggs - Whales. |
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... ancient that all such traces have been crushed from them ? Could it be that the first creatures to leave any sign of their existence were as complex as worms and molluscs ? For many years these questions puzzled geologists . All over ...
... ancient that all such traces have been crushed from them ? Could it be that the first creatures to leave any sign of their existence were as complex as worms and molluscs ? For many years these questions puzzled geologists . All over ...
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... ancient Ediacara Sandstones of the Flinders Ranges in southern Australia . These rocks , now thought to be about 650 million years old , were believed to be completely unfossiliferous . Judging from the size of the sand grains of which ...
... ancient Ediacara Sandstones of the Flinders Ranges in southern Australia . These rocks , now thought to be about 650 million years old , were believed to be completely unfossiliferous . Judging from the size of the sand grains of which ...
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... ancient forests , was eventually to play an extremely important part in a revolution that was taking place among the plants . The early trees , like their predecessors , the mosses , existed in two alternating forms , a sexual ...
... ancient forests , was eventually to play an extremely important part in a revolution that was taking place among the plants . The early trees , like their predecessors , the mosses , existed in two alternating forms , a sexual ...
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Introduction | 7 |
The Infinite Variety | 11 |
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Africa amphibians ancestors ancient animals ant-eater appear Archaeopteryx Australia bats become beetles beneath birds body bones branches Burgess Shales burrowing cells centimetres chitin claws coelacanth colony colours coral creatures cycads deposits descendants developed dinosaurs eggs eventually eyes feathers feed female fertilised fins fish flatworms flowers flying forest fossils frogs front giant ground grow hatch head hind horseshoe crabs huge hundred hunting insects invertebrates jaws jellyfish kind lancelet land larvae leaves legs lemurs living lungfish male mammals marine iguanas marsupial mate metres million years ago millipedes molluscs monkeys mouth move muscles nest organisms oxygen pair plants platypus pollen pouch prey primitive produce prosimians reef remains reptiles river rocks sand sea floor segmented shape shell side skeleton skin snake South America species sperm surface survive swim tail teeth tentacles termites tiny trees trilobites tube twigs whales wings worms young