Cradle of Life: The Discovery of Earth's Earliest Fossils
J William Schopf
367 pages, 8 col plates, b/w photos, illus, figs.
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Until recently, the task of reconstructing the history of life on Earth was frustrated by the lack of fossils older than 550 million years. In 1993, the author identified fossilized microorganisms 3.5 billion years old. Here he describes the exciting progress of modern palaeobiology.
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