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A long time ago (so long ago that it's almost impossible for a person to imagine), a giant star died. It exploded, releasing energy. It lit up the entire space around it. And a supernova was created. Any life that could have existed in the planetary system of the old star died. However, nothing disappears without a trace: from the death of the ancient star, a new one was born - our Sun...

British paleontologist and evolutionary biologist Henry Gee invites you to a journey of 4.6 billion years, which he has compactly contained in 12 chapters of this book.

- The formation of the Sun and the birth of the Solar System
- The story of the merger of the Milky Way with the Andromeda Galaxy
- The creation of the Universe
- The- The Cambrian explosion and its consequences - the Oxygen catastrophe
- Extinction of creatures on the ancient Earth and the emergence of new life forms
- The emergence of animals and the emergence of man