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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Contents
Introduction | 7 |
The Infinite Variety | 11 |
Building Bodies | 35 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Life on Earth: A Natural History |
| Author | David Attenborough |
| Edition | 4, illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Fontana, 1981 |
| ISBN | 0006361846, 9780006361848 |
| Length | 319 pages |
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