Islands in the Cosmos : The Evolution of Life on Land /

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Dale Russell traces the evolution of life on land & considers the future for the human species. He argues that a lifeform that has developed the ability to acquire knowledge from experience, to optimize behaviour, to conceptualize & to distinguish good from bad may have a future that science...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Russell, Dale A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Paleontology.
Paleoecology.
Natural selection.
Mesozoic Geologic Period.
Life > Origin.
Evolution (Biology)
Biotic communities.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Paleontologie > Mesozoïque.
Paleoecologie.
Vie > Origines.
Paleontology > Mesozoic.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Time travel
  • The extraterrestrial pre-Hadean
  • The Hadean eon
  • The Archean eon
  • The Proterozoic eon
  • Phanerozoic marine life
  • Origin of complex terrestrial ecosystems
  • Toward the coal age
  • Ascendancy of life on land
  • Bridging the eras
  • The natural history of natural selection
  • An age of giants
  • One Earth, two worlds
  • The modern Earth
  • Synthesis.

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