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Life on a Young Planet

by: Knoll, Andrew H.

Life on a Young Planet

by: Knoll, Andrew H.

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9780691009780
ISBN 10:
0691009783
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 04/01/2003
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
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Andrew Knoll explores the deep history of life from its origins on a young planet to the incredible Cambrian explosion, presenting a compelling new explanation for the emergence of biological novelty.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Prologue	p. 1
In the Beginning?	p. 6
The Tree of Life	p. 16
Life's Signature in Ancient Rocks	p. 32
The Earliest Glimmers of Life	p. 50
The Emergence of Life	p. 72
The Oxygen Revolution	p. 89
The Cyanobacteria, Life's Microbial Heroes	p. 108
The Origins of Eukaryotic Cells	p. 122
Fossils of Early Eukaryotes	p. 139
Animals Take the Stage	p. 161
Cambrian Redux	p. 179
Dynamic Earth, Permissive Ecology	p. 206
Paleontology ad Astra	p. 225
Epilogue	p. 243
Further Reading	p. 247
Index	p. 269
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