A new history of life : the radical new discoveries about the origins and evolution of life on earth

Ward, Peter D. (Peter Douglas), 1949-

Book 2015

"The history of life on Earth is, in some form or another, known to us all-- or so we think. [This book] offers a provocative new account, based on the latest scientific research, of how modern lifeforms evolved"--Amazon.com.

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Evolution (Biology)

Life Origin

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ISBN:

9781608199075

Description:

391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-381) and index

Contents:

Telling time
Becoming an earthlike planet : 4.6-4.5 GA
Life, death, and the newly discovered place in between
Forming life : 4.2 -3.5 GA
From origin to oxygenation : 3.5-2.0 GA
The long road to animals : 2.0-1.0 GA
The Cryogenian and the evolution of animals : 850-635 MA
The Cambrian explosion : 600-500 MA
The Ordovician-Devonian expansion of animals : 500-360 MA
Tiktaalik and the invasion of the land : 475-300 MA
The age of arthropods : 350-300 MA
The great dying : anoxia and global stagnation : 252-250 MA
The Triassic explosion : 252-200 MA
Dinosaur hegemony in a low-oxygen world : 230-180 MA
The greenhouse oceans : 200-65 MA
Death of the dinosaurs : 65 MA
The long-delayed third age of mammals : 65-60 MA
The age of birds : 50-2.5 MA
Humanity and the tenth extinction : 2.5 MA to present
The knowable futures of Earth life

LCCN:

2014029828

Control Number:

2631529

Other Authors:

Kirschvink, Joseph L

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