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What is the best textbook for the history of all prehistoric life? Basically a chronological explanation of everything in the evolutionary tree, every main group and large leap in biological technology

>> No.9674648

>>9674644
Start with microbiology I think

>> No.9674650

>>9674644

there may not even be a textbook per say, but rather papers and blurbs in textbooks, or more tradiitonal books

start with the source of your graphic and see who they cite

>> No.9674656

>>9674650
AH right on their website, reccomended books

https://www.evogeneao.com/learn/recommended-books

>> No.9674804

>>9674644
I'd recommend "The Ancestor's Tale" by Richard Dawkins and "Evolution: The Whole Story" edited by Steve Parker.

>> No.9674816

>>9674644
>evolutionary tree
This is totally retarded. When has anything ever developed as a tree where branches are isolated from one another?

Only total retards like Dawkins think like that.

>> No.9674844

>>9674644
>history of all prehistoric

>> No.9674963
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9674963

Maybe not as "textbook-ish" as what you're looking for, but The Book of Life by Stephen Jay Gould is dope. Lots of images illustrating the major developments in plant and animal biology. Not super rigorous but comprehensive enough to be a great starting point for further reading.
And dinosaur sex lel

>> No.9674969

>>9674644
The King James Version is the definitive authority on that.