History of life /

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• 出版日期：2013.
• 出版者：Wiley-Blackwell,
• 页数：ix, 302 pages :
• 出版地：Hoboken, New Jersey :
• 第一责任说明：Richard Cowen.
• 尺寸：29 cm
• 分类号：a510
• ISBN：9780470671726(paper) :

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02h0066310 20150901160753.0 150611s2013 njuab frb |001|||eng | 9780470671726(paper) : CNY654.00 DLC eng rda DLC YDX ; OCLCO ; YDXCP ; CDX ; YAM ; UKMGB ; BWX ; OCLCF ; ERL ; OCLCQ ; IG# ; CNNGL pcc QE711.2 .C68 2013 560 23 a510 aQ91 v5 Cowen, Richard, 1940- History of life / Richard Cowen. Fifth edition. Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. aHoboken, New Jersey : bWiley-Blackwell, c2013. ix, 302 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm atext btxt 2rdacontent aunmediated bn 2rdamedia avolume bnc 2rdacarrier Machine generated contents note: Preface Chapter 1. The Origin Of Life on Earth Chapter 2. Earliest Life on Earth Chapter 3. Sex and Nuclei: Eukaryotes Chapter 4. The Evolution of Metazoans Chapter 5. The Metazoan Radiation Chapter 6. Changing Life in a Changing World Chapter 7. The Early Vertebrates Chapter 8. Leaving the Water Chapter 9. Tetrapods and Amniotes Chapter 10. Early Amniotes and Thermoregulation Chapter 11. The Triassic Takeover Chapter 12. Dinosaurs Chapter 13. The Evolution of Flight Chapter 14. The Modernization of Land and Sea Chapter 15. The Origin of Mammals Chapter 16. The End of the Dinosaurs Chapter 17. Cenozoic Mammals Chapter 18. Geography and Evolution Chapter 19. Primates Chapter 20. Evolving Toward Humans Chapter 21. Life in the Ice Age Index. Includes bibliographical references and index. About the companion Website -- 1. The origin of life on earth -- 2. Earliest life on earth -- 3. Sex and nuclei : eukaryotes -- 4. The evolution of metazoans -- 5. The metazoan radiation -- 6. Changing life in a changing world -- 7. The early vertebrates -- 8. Leaving the water -- 9. Tetrapods and amniotes -- 10. Early amniotes and thermoregulation -- 11. The Triassic takeover -- 12. Dinosaurs -- 13. The evolution of flight -- 14. The modernization of land and sea -- 15. The origin of mammals -- 16. The end of the dinosaurs -- 17. Cenozoic mammals -- 18. Geography and evolution -- 19. Primates -- 20. Evolving toward humans -- 21. Life in the Ice Age. "This text is designed for students and anyone else with an interest in the history of life on our planet. The author describes the biological evolution of Earth's organisms, and reconstructs their adaptations to the life they led, and the ecology and environment in which they functioned. On the grand scale, Earth is a constantly changing planet, continually presenting organisms with challenges. Changing geography, climate, atmosphere, oceanic and land environments set a stage in which organisms interact with their environments and one another, with evolutionary change an inevitable result. The organisms themselves in turn can change global environments: oxygen in our atmosphere is all produced by photosynthesis, for example. The interplay between a changing Earth and its evolving organisms is the underlying theme of the book. The book has a dedicated website which explores additional enriching information and discussion, and provides or points to the art for the book and many other images useful for teaching. See: www.wiley.com/go/cowen/historyoflife"-- cProvided by publisher. Paleontology. aCN b010001 Dawsonera ; Cover image http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9781118510926 ; http://catalogimages.wiley.com/images/db/jimages/9780470671733.jpg 010001 510 C83h/5 gljx1504 h1 ; rCNY654.00