Islands in the cosmos : the evolution of life on land / Dale A. Russell ; foreword by Simon Conway Morris.

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Russell, Dale A [Author]

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online resource

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9780253023919

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QH366 .I853 2009

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Contents:

The extraterrestrial pre-Hadean -- The Hadean eon -- The Archean eon -- The Proterozoic eon -- Phanerozoic marine life -- Origin of complex terrestrial ecosystems -- Toward the coal age -- Ascendancy of life on land -- Bridging the eras -- The natural history of natural selection -- An age of giants -- One Earth, two worlds -- The modern Earth -- Synthesis.

Summary: Dale Russell traces the evolution of life on land and considers the future for the human species. He argues that a lifeform that has developed the ability to acquire knowledge from experience, to optimize behaviour, to conceptualize and to distinguish good from bad may have a future that science is only beginning to understand.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Time travel -- The extraterrestrial pre-Hadean -- The Hadean eon -- The Archean eon -- The Proterozoic eon -- Phanerozoic marine life -- Origin of complex terrestrial ecosystems -- Toward the coal age -- Ascendancy of life on land -- Bridging the eras -- The natural history of natural selection -- An age of giants -- One Earth, two worlds -- The modern Earth -- Synthesis.

Dale Russell traces the evolution of life on land and considers the future for the human species. He argues that a lifeform that has developed the ability to acquire knowledge from experience, to optimize behaviour, to conceptualize and to distinguish good from bad may have a future that science is only beginning to understand.

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