這是一本令人讚嘆的手風琴式精美科普繪本，帶讀者回到46 億年前，從充滿熔岩的海洋和冒煙的火山開始，隨著時代演變，展示生命如何從微小的原生動物和甲殼類動物進化到恐龍和哺乳動物。

從地球形成之初的冥古宙時期 (Hadean Age) ，歷經地球生命多樣性的大爆發的寒武紀 (cambrian period)，大家耳熟能詳的侏儸紀(Jurassic period)，以及生物群都已經非常接近現代形態的更新世(pleistoceneepoch)，一直到持續至今的全新世(holocene epoch)

每個時期皆以一個跨頁的方式呈現，並標註生物的名字，將手風琴式的頁面整個拉開，書頁後方為地球初期至今的時間軸，足足有長達有792公分之多（26 英尺），透過此書，一起來感受時期的演變、對生命的頌揚以及了解這顆迷人星球的歷史吧！

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