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Fire from spreading to the seeds at the top of the tree and the leaves purposely burned quickly to not allow the fire time to grow.

We jump 100 million years back in time where almost no animals lived. The big predators were armored spiders. Plants are almost exclusive to water but fungus it taking a hold on land. They take about licean which uses a symbiotic relationship to balance out eachtihers strengths.

At this point most big animals don’t exist yet and the oxogen levels were through the roof. This caused tons of fires and so the plant life had to evolve to grow quickly and in ways that could either deal with or benefit from fires. One example was a large tree that had no wood. It grew scale like bark and the roots wove together to give support that otherwise would come from a hardened core. The bark prevented…

This book is interesting because it takes a trait of some plant or animal found in the focal record and uses it to tell a story of why it was evolved. It talks about threats, advantages and synergies developed in making it thrive and then what leads to its downfall

The coniferous period where 90% of the earths coal was laid down into the ground. This led to the carbon levels in the atmosphere dropping dramatically

Als we terug kijken in de tijd, zien we pas goed hoe dwaas het is om mee te gaan met de metaforen van personen die tegen de immigratie van individuele mensen zijn of die proberen een ecosysteem te behouden. Er bestaat niet zoiets als een vastliggen ideaal voor een omgeving, geen rotsbodem waar nostalgie kan ankeren.

This book is a hard read. Really not feeling motivated to get into it.

That being said it’s super interesting when you sort through all the imposing words

Net als elke andere soort zijn wij de culminatie van een reeks gedeelde vervangingen, de dood en geboorte van individuen in een immer veranderende populatie, met een continuïteit in verleden en toekomst die alle levende organismen met elkaar verbindt.