A Short History of the World Chapter 5 - The Age of the Coal Swamps

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In which the Earth undergoes vast climatic and geological changes, shaping an ancient world of barren rocks and shallow seas where life ventures tentatively from water onto land. The emergence of woody plants and amphibious creatures adapting to air marks a delicate but profound expansion of life across swampy landscapes, still beholden to water for their existence.

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