- Life, origin, Paleontology, Evolution, Origin of species
"The author of the best-selling Your Inner Fish, now gives us a lively and accessible account of the great transformations in the history of life, that enable us to further understand whether our presence on this planet is an accident or inevitable.
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Epic, earnest, warm and classical in form.
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- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Neil Shubin
- First published
- 2020
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Random House Large Print Publishing, Oneworld Publications, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781786078018
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