The Essence of Life

This book is a synopsis of paleontology. It has not been written for scientists. Their contributions are herein utilized. It has been written primarily for the young, perhaps middle school to high school as well as for adults who are young at heart. Adults who have chosen other pathways for accruing a livelihood and who might just now begin to wonder how earth, life, all this, began and evolved. The work has been simplified in order to render it more likely to be read and understood by the non-scientist.