When did the world's first eye appear?
According to the fossil record, the first real eyes suddenly and inexplicably appeared 540 million years ago, at the beginning of the Cambrian explosion, when almost all existing animal phyla appeared without warning.
In the mass extinction 250 million years ago, 95% of species disappeared, and then the world we live in appeared.
The Permian mass extinction wiped out about 95% of all species on Earth in one fell swoop. Among the few surviving species were the ancestors of modern mammals and the ancestors of modern birds.
The latest research results show that the process of life evolution does not proceed in an orderly manner as Darwin imagined. Instead, at certain moments, life undergoes violent and spectacular deformations. These new forms of life spurt out, changing the appearance of the entire earth and making our birth possible.
British biologist Nick Lane uses new discoveries in genetic science to write a new history of life. Open this book and overturn your old understanding of evolution.
