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SCHEME OF CONTENTS
BOOK I THE MAKING OF OUR WORLD PAGE - Chapter I. The Earth in Space and Time
3 - Chapter II. The Record of the Rocks
§ 1. The first living things7 § 2. How old is the world?13 - Chapter III. Natural Selection and the Changes of Species
16 - Chapter IV. The Invasion of the Dry Land by Life
§ 1. Life and water23 § 2. The earliest animals25 - Chapter V. Changes in the Worlds's Climate
§ 1. Why life must change continually29 § 2. The sun a steadfast star34 § 3. Changes from within the earth35 § 4. Life may control change36 - Chapter VI. The Age of Reptiles
§ 1. The age of lowland life38 § 2. Flying dragons43 § 3. The first birds43 § 4. An age of hardship and death44 § 5. The first appearance of fur and feathers47 - Chapter VII. The Age of Mammals
§ 1. A new age of life51 § 2. Tradition comes into the world52 § 3. An age of brain growth56 § 4. The world grows hard again57 § 5. Chronology of the Ice Age59 BOOK II THE MAKING OF MEN - Chapter VIII. The Ancestry of Man
§ 1. Man descended from a walking ape62 § 2. First traces of man-like creatures68
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