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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, (c)2009.Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 453 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253023919
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QH366 .I853 2009
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
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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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction QH366.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn939963647

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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