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Any history, including the history of the development of life on Earth, is an intricate interweaving of causes and effects. Remove one thing, and everything else will change beyond recognition - with these words and the famous example of a butterfly from Ray Bradbury's story, paleoentomologist Alexander Khramov begins his amazing story about the six-legged masters of the planet. We brush off flies and mosquitoes, fight cockroaches, avoid anthills, let alone lice! Only if there were no lice, a person would remain hairy, like a chimpanzee. And in general, in the absence of insects, vertebrates would never go to land, since they would have nothing to eat there. Yes, there are many books about insects, but this is the first one that tells about them from the point of view of their formation and historical development. Paleoentomology is not mathematics, much in this rapidly developing science is based on hypotheses and interpretations, but thanks to the emergence of new data and research methods, scientists can share exciting discoveries and guesses with us, adding new fragments to the picture of the world. And the author does it with passion and talent.