History of Life
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chichester
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781444312263
Description: This text is aimed at students and anyone interested in the history of life on our planet. It explores the 'whys' of events that occurred, and in this newest edition, it takes a closer look at the evolution of the physical earth and the strong interactions between organisms and environment. The book's coverage includes geography, climate, atmosphere, ocean, and land (a changing stage) while following interplay between organisms. Also new to this edition is a dedicated website which explores additional environmental factors and supplemental topics, and provides interactive exercises, a detailed.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: HISTORY OF LIFE, 4e; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: The Origin of Life on Earth; CHAPTER TWO: Earth's Earliest Life; CHAPTER THREE: Sex and Nuclei: Eukaryotes; CHAPTER FOUR: The Evolution of Metazoans; CHAPTER FIVE: The Cambrian Explosion; CHAPTER SIX: Changing Life in a Changing World; CHAPTER SEVEN: The Early Vertebrates; CHAPTER EIGHT: Leaving the Water; CHAPTER NINE: Tetrapods and Amniotes; CHAPTER TEN: Early Amniotes and Thermoregulation; CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Triassic Takeover; CHAPTER TWELVE: Dinosaurs; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Evolution of Flight.; title: CHAPTER FOURTEEN: The Modernization of Land and SeaCHAPTER FIFTEEN: The Origin of Mammals; CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The End of the Dinosaurs; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Cenozoic Mammals: Origins, Guilds, and Trends; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Geography and Evolution; CHAPTER NINETEEN: Primates; CHAPTER TWENTY: Evolving Toward Humans; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: Life in the Ice Age; Index.