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Life on a young planet: the first three billion years of evolution on earth

By Knoll , Andrew H

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780691165530, 069116553X
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
6 MB (6419257 bytes)
Edition
New Princeton Science Library paperback edition, with a new
Pages
277 Seiten : Illustrationen\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Acknowledgments ix Preface to the New Paperback Edition xi Prologue 1 Chapter 1. In the Beginning? 6 Chapter 2. The Tree of Life 16 Chapter 3. Life's Signature in Ancient Rocks 32 Chapter 4. The Earliest Glimmers of Life 50 Chapter 5. The Emergence of Life 72 Chapter 6. The Oxygen Revolution 89 Chapter 7. The Cyanobacteria, Life's Microbial Heroes 108 Chapter 8. The Origins of Eukaryotic Cells 122 Chapter 9. Fossils of Early Eukaryotes 139 Chapter 10. Animals Take the Stage 161 Chapter 11. Cambrian Redux 179 Chapter 12. Dynamic Earth, Permissive Ecology 206 Chapter 13. Paleontology ad Astra 225 Epilogue 243 Further Reading 247 Index 269

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