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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>The History of Life: A Very Short Introduction introduces ideas from a range of scientific disciplines, from evolutionary biology and earth history, to geochemistry, palaeontology, and systematics, to present a succinct guide to the key episodes in the evolution of life—from the very origins of life 4 billion years ago to the extraordinary diversity of species around the globe today. Major breakthroughs that made new forms of life possible, including sex and multicellularity, hard skeletons, and the move to land, are described along with mass extinctions, the first forests, the rise of modern ecosystems, and conscious humans.</jats:p>
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