Posted: Sun May 15, 05 8:08 am Post subject: An Earth Made for Life
Radio 4 Wednesday 21:00 An Earth Made for Life
1/3. Life on this planet was no accident: everything about the geology of the Earth suggests it was made for life. In this series Gabrielle Walker charts the rise of mankind's ancestors from simple slime to the complex organisms we see all around us today. Along the way she uncovers tales of mass poisoning, sex, death and even global catastrophe in this history of the early Earth.