A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters Free Audiobook Download by Henry Gee

Henry Gee explains the first organisms, where we came from and how, why, and when life existed on Earth.

The origin story of life on Earth dates back to the formation of single-celled organisms, a process that took about 4.4 billion years for the first complex cells to emerge. In the beginning, there were only three types of these simple, yet diverse new cells: bacteria; archaea (one type of bacteria); and eukaryotes (the rest of the modern-day human population).

"A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth" is a non-fiction book by Henry Gee. The book was published in September 2013, and the audiobook was released in 2014. It is based on the author's popular blog of the same name.

"What makes this book so special is that... Henry Gee does a masterful job of bringing the big picture into focus for people at all levels of scientific interest, from general readers to specialists."

The book is composed of twelve chapters, each dealing with a different aspect of the history of life on Earth: the birth of life; the first animals; the appearance and rapid spread of plants; the mass extinction that ended up killing off all major groups; our own human ancestors in Africa; early civilizations and population growth; what changed when humans appeared on Earth and how they have shaped it.

A Short History of Life on Earth by Henry Gee is an audiobook that offers a concise summary of the history of life on Earth, in just 12 chapters. It takes listeners through 4.6 billion years of evolution, exploring the millions and millions of species that have lived here throughout history.