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Earth clock, the history of our planet in 24 hours, Tom Jackson ; Nic Jones

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illustrations

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Earth clock

Tom Jackson ; Nic Jones

the history of our planet in 24 hours

Our planet has been spinning in the blackness of Space for 4.5 billion years. People have only been around for a tiny part of it. But what happened before we arrived on the scene? Before animals, dinosaurs and even trees? Imagine if we could discover Earth's history in one day. Starting the clock from the formation of the Earth, we can discover each significant moment in time on the clock, counting down to midnight. Earth Clock covers the most interesting and high-impact moments of our planet's geological history with stunning, detailed illustrations, while charting the evolution of life on Earth, from ancient single-celled organisms to the species we know today, until modern humans appear - at just four seconds to midnight. What will tomorrow bring?

Introduction -- The formation of Earth -- The Moon arrives -- The first oceans -- Meteor bombardment -- Primordial soup -- Luca -- Continental drift begins -- The great oxygenation event -- Complex cells -- Snowball Earth -- Complex life -- The Cambrian explosion -- Life in the sea -- Life on land -- The first forests -- On dry land -- The great dying -- Dinosaurs -- Ocean giants -- Giant dinosaurs -- Mass extinction -- The rise of mammals -- Age of monsters -- Early humans -- Modern human -- Where are we now? -- What will tomorrow bring? -- Timeline

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