Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth
Australopithecines, dinosaurs, trilobites--such fossils conjure up images of lost worlds filled with vanished organisms. But in the full history of life, ancient animals, even the trilobites, form only the half-billion-year tip of a nearly four-billion-year iceberg. Andrew Knoll explores the deep hi...
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Zusammenfassung: | Australopithecines, dinosaurs, trilobites--such fossils conjure up images of lost worlds filled with vanished organisms. But in the full history of life, ancient animals, even the trilobites, form only the half-billion-year tip of a nearly four-billion-year iceberg. Andrew Knoll explores the deep history of life from its origins on a young planet to the incredible Cambrian explosion, presenting a compelling new explanation for the emergence of biological novelty. The very latest discoveries in paleontology--many of them made by the author and his students--are integrated with emerging insights from molecular biology and earth system science to forge a broad understanding of how the biological diversity that surrounds us came to be. Moving from Siberia to Namibia to the Bahamas, Knoll shows how life and environment have evolved together through Earth's history. Innovations in biology have helped shape our air and oceans, and, just as surely, environmental change has influenced the course of evolution, repeatedly closing off opportunities for some species while opening avenues for others. Readers go into the field to confront fossils, enter the lab to discern the inner workings of cells, and alight on Mars to ask how our terrestrial experience can guide exploration for life beyond our planet. Along the way, Knoll brings us up-to-date on some of science's hottest questions, from the oldest fossils and claims of life beyond the Earth to the hypothesis of global glaciation and Knoll's own unifying concept of ''permissive ecology.'' In laying bare Earth's deepest biological roots, Life on a Young Planet helps us understand our own place in the universe--and our responsibility as stewards of a world four billion years in the making. In a new preface, Knoll describes how the field has broadened and deepened in the decade since the book’s original publication |
Beschreibung: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed September 10 2015) |
Beschreibung: | 296 pages) illustrations |
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spelling | Knoll, Andrew H. Verfasser aut Life on a Young Planet The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth Andrew H. Knoll Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press [2015] © 2015 296 pages) illustrations txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Princeton Science Library Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed September 10 2015) Australopithecines, dinosaurs, trilobites--such fossils conjure up images of lost worlds filled with vanished organisms. But in the full history of life, ancient animals, even the trilobites, form only the half-billion-year tip of a nearly four-billion-year iceberg. Andrew Knoll explores the deep history of life from its origins on a young planet to the incredible Cambrian explosion, presenting a compelling new explanation for the emergence of biological novelty. The very latest discoveries in paleontology--many of them made by the author and his students--are integrated with emerging insights from molecular biology and earth system science to forge a broad understanding of how the biological diversity that surrounds us came to be. Moving from Siberia to Namibia to the Bahamas, Knoll shows how life and environment have evolved together through Earth's history. Innovations in biology have helped shape our air and oceans, and, just as surely, environmental change has influenced the course of evolution, repeatedly closing off opportunities for some species while opening avenues for others. Readers go into the field to confront fossils, enter the lab to discern the inner workings of cells, and alight on Mars to ask how our terrestrial experience can guide exploration for life beyond our planet. Along the way, Knoll brings us up-to-date on some of science's hottest questions, from the oldest fossils and claims of life beyond the Earth to the hypothesis of global glaciation and Knoll's own unifying concept of ''permissive ecology.'' In laying bare Earth's deepest biological roots, Life on a Young Planet helps us understand our own place in the universe--and our responsibility as stewards of a world four billion years in the making. In a new preface, Knoll describes how the field has broadened and deepened in the decade since the book’s original publication In English Biogenese Biology Biowissenschaften, Biologie Ecosystemen Entstehung Evolutietheorie Évolution (Biologie) Evolution Evolutionary Biology Leben Natural Sciences Paleontologie Vie Life Origin Vie Origines Entstehung (DE-588)4156614-2 gnd rswk-swf Paläontologie (DE-588)4044375-9 gnd rswk-swf Leben (DE-588)4034831-3 gnd rswk-swf Evolution (DE-588)4071050-6 gnd rswk-swf Biogenese (DE-588)4006799-3 gnd rswk-swf Leben (DE-588)4034831-3 s Entstehung (DE-588)4156614-2 s Evolution (DE-588)4071050-6 s Paläontologie (DE-588)4044375-9 s 1\p DE-604 Biogenese (DE-588)4006799-3 s 2\p DE-604 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400866045 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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title | Life on a Young Planet The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth |
title_auth | Life on a Young Planet The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth |
title_exact_search | Life on a Young Planet The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth |
title_full | Life on a Young Planet The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth Andrew H. Knoll |
title_fullStr | Life on a Young Planet The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth Andrew H. Knoll |
title_full_unstemmed | Life on a Young Planet The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth Andrew H. Knoll |
title_short | Life on a Young Planet |
title_sort | life on a young planet the first three billion years of evolution on earth |
title_sub | The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth |
topic | Biogenese Biology Biowissenschaften, Biologie Ecosystemen Entstehung Evolutietheorie Évolution (Biologie) Evolution Evolutionary Biology Leben Natural Sciences Paleontologie Vie Life Origin Vie Origines Entstehung (DE-588)4156614-2 gnd Paläontologie (DE-588)4044375-9 gnd Leben (DE-588)4034831-3 gnd Evolution (DE-588)4071050-6 gnd Biogenese (DE-588)4006799-3 gnd |
topic_facet | Biogenese Biology Biowissenschaften, Biologie Ecosystemen Entstehung Evolutietheorie Évolution (Biologie) Evolution Evolutionary Biology Leben Natural Sciences Paleontologie Vie Life Origin Vie Origines Paläontologie |
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