Story of Life

Name: Story of Life
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ISBN: 9780198607861

ISBN-10: 0198607865

ISBN-13: 9780198607861

Edition: 2003

Authors: Richard Southwood, R. Southwood

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In this attractively illustrated volume, eminent biologist Sir Richard Southwood offers a remarkable survey of life in all its forms, ranging from the earliest single-celled bacteria, to the evolution and extinction of animals such as the dinosaurs, to the variety of life today. The book follows the major geological periods--such as the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian--explaining how great planetary changes such as the movement of the continents, the rising and falling of sea level, and the periods of glaciation, affected the forms of life on Earth. Beginning with the earliest and simplest forms of life, Southwood discusses such amazing creatures as bacteria that live around…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/8/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Introduction


Special chemistry


A quick start


Jellyfish, polyps, and worms?


Clawas, rasps, and shells


Sand, mud, and shallow seas


The giant continent forms


A sparse start


The world of the dinosaurs


Today's world dawns


The evolution of the able ape


Humans - the great modifiers


Further reading


Acknowledgements


Index