Here are some resources where you can deep delve into the history of life. These narratives are interchangeably and intricately connected with “history of animals”, “natural history” and more such foundational narratives. Smithsonian: https://naturalhistory.si.edu/education/teaching-resources/life-science/early-life-earth-animal-origins#:~:text=These%20clusters%20of%20specialized%2C%20cooperating,were%20among%20the%20earliest%20animals. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17453-timeline-the-evolution-of-life/ https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/bioscience/what-were-the-first-animals-on-earth/ https://www.science.org.au/curious/space-time/origins-life-earth From Oxford University: https://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/firstanimals/ Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/science/life/Evolution-and-the-history-of-life-on-Earth