Life on a young planet : tthe first three billion years of evolution on earth / Andrew H. Knoll.
Life on a young planet : tthe first three billion years of evolution on earth / Andrew H. Knoll.
Life on a young planet : tthe first three billion years of evolution on earth / Andrew H. Knoll.
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Princeton., New Jersey : Princeton University Press, c2003.
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N576.83/11
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x., 277 p., [8]p. plates(col.) : ill. ; 25cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. In the Beginning? -- Ch. 2. The Tree of Life -- Ch. 3. Life's Signature in Ancient Rocks -- Ch. 4. The Earliest Glimmers of Life -- Ch. 5. The Emergence of Life -- Ch. 6. The Oxygen Revolution -- Ch. 7. The Cyanobacteria, Life's Microbial Heroes -- Ch. 8. The Origins of Eukaryotic Cells -- Ch...
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Princeton., New Jersey : Princeton University Press, c2003.
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New Jersey
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c2003.
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"Readers go into the field to confront fossils, enter the lab to discern the inner workings of cells, and alight on Mars to ask how our terrestrial experience can guide exploration for life beyond our planet. Along the way, Knoll brings us up-to-date on some of science's hottest questions, from the oldest fossils and claims of life beyond the Earth...
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Life on a young planet : tthe first three billion years of evolution on earth / Andrew H. Knoll.
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Includes Index.
Bibliography: p. [247]-267.
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English.
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c2003.
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0691009783 (alk. paper)
9780691009780 (hbk. :alk. paper) :
0691009783 (hbk. :alk. paper) :
9780691009780 (alk. paper)
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576.83
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