عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0691002304
(Number (ISBN
9780691002309
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
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TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Cradle of life :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the discovery of earth's earliest fossils /
First Statement of Responsibility
J. William Schopf
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Princeton, N.J. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Princeton University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©1999
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 367 pages, 8 pages of plates :
Other Physical Details
illustrations (some color) ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-355) and indexes
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Darwin's dilemma -- Birth of a new field of science -- The oldest fossils and what they mean -- How did life begin? -- Metabolic memories of the earliest cells -- So far, so fast, so early? -- Stromatolites : earth's first high-rise condos -- Cyanobacteria : earth's oldest "living fossils" -- Cells like ours arise at last -- Solution to Darwin's dilemma -- Epilogue : Extraordinary claims! Extraordinary evidence? -- Fossils, foibles, and frauds -- The hunt for life on Mars
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"One of the greatest mysteries in reconstructing the history of life on Earth has been the apparent absence of fossils dating back more than 550 million years. We have long known that fossils of sophisticated marine life-forms existed at the dawn of the Cambrian Period, but until recently scientists had found no traces of Precambrian fossils. The quest to find such traces began in earnest in the mid-1960s and culminated in one dramatic moment in 1993 when William Schopf identified fossilized microorganisms three and a half billion years old. This startling find opened up a vast period of time - some eighty-five percent of Earth's history - to new research and new ideas about life's beginnings. In this book, William Schopf, a pioneer of modern paleobiology, tells for the first time the exciting and fascinating story of the origins and earliest evolution of life and how that story has been unearthed."--Jacket
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Evolutionary paleobiology
Life-- Origin
Micropaleontology
Paleontology-- Precambrian
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
576
.
8/3
Edition
21
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Schopf, J. William,1941-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20151222124201.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
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