effects of the origin and evolution of life on planet earth
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Second edition /
Statement of Responsibility Relating to Edition
edited by Lynn Margulis, Clifford Matthews , and Aaron Haselton
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvi, 338 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Continental drift and plate tectonics / Raymond Siever -- Chemical signals from plants and phanerozoic evolution / Tony Swain -- Mammalian evolution : karyotypic fission theory / Neil Todd -- Environmental pollution and the emergence of new diseases / Jonathan King
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The Gaia hypothesis / James E. Lovelock -- Comparison of planetary atmospheres : Mars, Venus, and Earth / Michael McElroy -- Chemical evolution in a hydrogen cyanide world / Clifford Matthews -- Origins of membrane structure / David Deamer -- Origins of life : history of ideas / Antonio Lazcano -- Clues to life in the Archeon Eon / Paul K. Strother and Elso S. Barghoorn -- Microbial landscapes: Abu Dhabi and Shark Bay / Stjepko Golubic -- Symbiosis and the origin of protists / Lynn Margulis -- The antiquity of life: from life's origin to the end of the Lipalian Period / Mark McMenamin