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Islands in the cosmos : the evolution of life on land / Dale A. Russell ; foreword by Simon Conway Morris.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Russell, Dale A.
- Series:
- Life of the past
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evolution (Biology).
- Life--Origin.
- Life.
- Biotic communities.
- Natural selection.
- Paleoecology.
- Paleontology--Mesozoic.
- Paleontology.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 453 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780253352736
- 0253352738
- OCLC:
- 261176951
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