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Evolution

by Stephen Baxter


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In this massive epic (more than 700 pages long), Stephen Baxter traces the entire history of primate evolution from their first appearance in the age of dinosaurs through the explosion of the Sun and the end of life on planet Earth. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.


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9780345457820 9780345457820, Hardcover, Ballantine Books, 2003

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9780345457837 9780345457837, Paperback, Del Rey, 2004

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Publisher Notes

Stretching from the distant past into the remote future, from primordial Earth to the stars, Evolution is a soaring symphony of struggle, extinction, and survival; a dazzling epic that combines a dozen scientific disciplines and a cast of unforgettable characters to convey the grand drama of evolution in all its awesome majesty and rigorous beauty. Sixty-five million years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, there lived a small mammal, a proto-primate of the species Purgatorius. From this humble beginning, Baxter traces the human lineage forward through time. The adventure that unfolds is a gripping odyssey governed by chance and competition, a perilous journey to an uncertain destination along a route beset by sudden and catastrophic upheavals. It is a route that ends, for most species, in stagnation or extinction. Why should humanity escape this fate?

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