| Main Title |
A new history of life : the radical new discoveries about the origins and evolution of life on earth / |
| Author |
Ward, Peter D.
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| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Press, |
| Year Published |
2015 |
| OCLC Number |
849210355 |
| ISBN |
9781608199075; 160819907X; 9781608199105; 160819910X |
| Subjects |
Evolution (Biology) ;
Life--Origin ;
Biological Evolution ;
Biogenesis ;
Biogenese ;
Chemische Evolution ;
Leben ;
Entstehung ;
Livet (biologi)
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| ELBM |
QH366.2.W373 2015 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
08/17/2022 |
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| Collation |
391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-381) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
Telling time -- Becoming an earthlike planet : 4.6-4.5 GA -- Life, death, and the newly discovered place in between -- Forming life : 4.2 -3.5 GA -- From origin to oxygenation : 3.5-2.0 GA -- The long road to animals : 2.0-1.0 GA -- The Cryogenian and the evolution of animals : 850-635 MA -- The Cambrian explosion : 600-500 MA -- The Ordovician-Devonian expansion of animals : 500-360 MA -- Tiktaalik and the invasion of the land : 475-300 MA -- The age of arthropods : 350-300 MA -- The great dying : anoxia and global stagnation : 252-250 MA -- The Triassic explosion : 252-200 MA -- Dinosaur hegemony in a low-oxygen world : 230-180 MA -- The greenhouse oceans : 200-65 MA -- Death of the dinosaurs : 65 MA -- The long-delayed third age of mammals : 65-60 MA -- The age of birds : 50-2.5 MA -- Humanity and the tenth extinction : 2.5 MA to present -- The knowable futures of Earth life. "The history of life on Earth is, in some form or another, known to us all-- or so we think. [This book] offers a provocative new account, based on the latest scientific research, of how modern lifeforms evolved"--Amazon.com. |
| Place Published |
New York |
| PUB Date Free Form |
2015 |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Medium |
unmediated |
| Content |
text |
| Carrier |
volume |
| Cataloging Source |
RDA |
| LCCN |
2014029828 |
| Merged OCLC records |
849248545; 904443457; 908278675; 1296964526 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20220802213023 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
03670cam 2200637 i 45010 |
