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Life on a young planet: the first three billion years of evolution on Earth

Andrew H. Knoll·2003·Choice Reviews Online

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"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 nearly 4-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."--BOOK JACKET.

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Authors: Knoll, A. H.
Corresponding author: Andrew H. Knoll
ORCID: Andrew H. Knoll
Venue: Choice Reviews Online
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2003-12-01
Volume: 41
Issue: 04
Pages: 41-2190-41-2190
ISSN: 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
1523-8253
DOI: 10.5860/choice.41-2190
OpenAlex: W1577075652
Cited by: 442
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Type: book review
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Choice Reviews Online (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Keywords: early Earth evolution, Cambrian explosion, origin of life, life on Mars, global glaciation, paleontology, Earth system science

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