| Description |
x, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-267) and index. |
| Contents |
In the beginning? -- Tree of life -- Life's signature in ancient rocks -- Earliest glimmers of life -- Emergence of life -- Oxygen revolution -- Cyanobacteria, life's microbial heroes -- Origins of eukaryotic cells -- Fossils of early eukaryotes -- Animals take the stage -- Cambrian redux -- Dynamic Earth, permissive ecology -- Paleontology ad astra. |
| Subject |
Life -- Origin.
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| ISBN |
0691009783 alkaline paper |
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