History of Life: a Very Short Introduction

Name: History of Life: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780199226320

ISBN-10: 0199226326

ISBN-13: 9780199226320

Edition: 2008

Authors: Michael J. Benton, Michael J. Benton, Oxford University Press

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Here is the extraordinary story of the unfolding of life on Earth, told by Michael J. Benton, a world-renowned authority on biodiversity. Ranging over four billion years, Benton weaves together the latest findings on fossils, earth history, evolutionary biology, and many other fields to highlight the great leaps that enabled life to evolve from microbe to human--big breakthroughs that made whole new ways of life possible--including cell division and multicellularity, hard skeletons, the move to land, the origin of forests, the move to the air. He describes the mass extinctions, especially the Permian, which obliterated 90% of life, and he sheds light on the origins of human beings, and of…

Book details

List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 4.40" wide x 6.80" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English



List of illustrations


Introduction


The origin of life


The origin of sex


The origin of skeletons


The origin of life on land


Forests and flight


The biggest mass extinction


The origin of modern ecosystems


The origin of humans


Index