{"product_id":"before-the-dinosaurs-paperback","title":"Before the Dinosaurs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSunil Tanna\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first of series of 5 books, this book tells the history of life on Earth from the planet's formation 4,550 million years ago until the end of the Paleozoic Era 252 million years ago. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this beautiful full-color illustrated book, you will learn about: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow life began in the seas as simple single-celled organisms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow single-celled organisms grew more complex and changed the planet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe sudden appearance of many multicellular life forms during the Cambrian explosion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow life colonized the land\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe evolution of the first tetrapods (four-limbed vertebrates) from fish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow tetrapods diversified to produce reptiles and our ancestors, the synapsid mammal-like reptiles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe greatest mass extinction in history that brought the Paleozoic Era to a close\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd much more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTable of Contents: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: How the Earth was Formed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Formation of the Solar System\u003cbr\u003eThe Formation of the Planets Including Earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: The Hadean Eon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConditions in the Hadean Eon \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: The Archean Eon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConditions in the Archean Eon\u003cbr\u003eProkaryota - The First Life \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Proterozoic Eon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Oxygenation Event and the Huronian Glaciation\u003cbr\u003eMore Complex Life - Eukaryota\u003cbr\u003eThe Cryogenian Period\u003cbr\u003eThe Ediacaran Period - The First Multicellular Life \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: The Phanerozoic Eon and the Paleozoic Era\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEras of the Phanerozoic Eon\u003cbr\u003ePeriods of the Paleozoic Era \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: The Cambrian Period\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaleogeography of the Cambrian Period\u003cbr\u003eThe Cambrian Explosion\u003cbr\u003eAnimals of the Cambrian Period\u003cbr\u003ePlants of the Cambrian Period\u003cbr\u003eMass Extinctions of the Cambrian Period \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: The Ordovician Period\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaleogeography of the Ordovician Period\u003cbr\u003eClimate of Ordovician Period\u003cbr\u003eThe Ordovician Radiation\u003cbr\u003eAnimals of the Ordovician Period\u003cbr\u003eMass Extinctions of the Ordovician Period \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8: The Silurian Period\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaleogeography of the Silurian Period\u003cbr\u003eClimate of Silurian Period\u003cbr\u003eAnimals of the Silurian Period\u003cbr\u003eLife on Land \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9: The Devonian Period\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaleogeography of the Devonian Period\u003cbr\u003eMarine Life in the Devonian Period\u003cbr\u003eThe First Tetrapods\u003cbr\u003eThe Devonian Explosion\u003cbr\u003eMass Extinctions of the Devonian Period \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10: The Carboniferous Period (including Mississippian and Pennsylvanian Subperiods)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaleogeography of the Carboniferous Period\u003cbr\u003eClimate of Carboniferous Period\u003cbr\u003eForests and Coal Deposits\u003cbr\u003eMarine Life in the Carboniferous Period\u003cbr\u003eAmphibians of the Carboniferous Period\u003cbr\u003eThe First Amniotes\u003cbr\u003eTerrestrial Arthropods of the Carboniferous\u003cbr\u003eThe Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse\u003cbr\u003eThe Diversification of Amniotes - 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