History of life / Richard Cowen.
"This text is designed for students and anyone else with an interest in the history of life on our planet. The author describes the biological evolution of Earth's organisms, and reconstructs their adaptations to the life they led, and the ecology and environment in which they functioned....
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | 5th ed. |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 302 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Preface Chapter 1. The Origin Of Life on Earth Chapter 2. Earliest Life on Earth Chapter 3. Sex and Nuclei: Eukaryotes Chapter 4. The Evolution of Metazoans Chapter 5. The Metazoan Radiation Chapter 6. Changing Life in a Changing World Chapter 7. The Early Vertebrates Chapter 8. Leaving the Water Chapter 9. Tetrapods and Amniotes Chapter 10. Early Amniotes and Thermoregulation Chapter 11. The Triassic Takeover Chapter 12. Dinosaurs Chapter 13. The Evolution of Flight Chapter 14. The Modernization of Land and Sea Chapter 15. The Origin of Mammals Chapter 16. The End of the Dinosaurs Chapter 17. Cenozoic Mammals Chapter 18. Geography and Evolution Chapter 19. Primates Chapter 20. Evolving Toward Humans Chapter 21. Life in the Ice Age Index.