02649nam 2200601Ia 450 991078290060332120230721004930.01-383-04542-91-281-98551-197866119855160-19-156773-6(CKB)1000000000715776(EBL)415223(OCoLC)437093176(SSID)ssj0000134939(PQKBManifestationID)11135030(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000134939(PQKBWorkID)10057686(PQKB)10573669(Au-PeEL)EBL415223(CaPaEBR)ebr10288377(CaONFJC)MIL198551(MiAaPQ)EBC415223(EXLCZ)99100000000071577620081008d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDarwin's lost world[electronic resource] the hidden history of animal life /Martin BrasierOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (327 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-954897-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-294) and index.Contents; Preface; List of Figures; List of Colour Plates; 1. In Search of Lost Worlds; 2. The Devil's Toenail; 3. A Fossilized Jelly Baby; 4. The First Terror with Teeth; 5. A Worm that Changed the World; 6. A Mistaken Point; 7. Reign of the Snow Queen; 8. Through a Lens, Darkly; 9. Torridon; Notes; References; IndexDarwin puzzled over why ancient Precambrian rocks seemed barren of life. Brasier describes the quest to shed light on Darwin's Lost World, the discovery of its strange creatures, and what drove the sudden flurry of evolution called the Cambrian Explosion, amid tales told with relish of expeditions to the remotest corners of the world. - ;Darwin made a powerful argument for evolution in the Origin of Species , based on all the evidence available to him. But a few things puzzled him. One was how inheritance works - he did not know about genes. This book concerns another of Darwin's Dilemmas, andGeology, StratigraphicPrenambrianEvolution (Biology)Geology, StratigraphicEvolution (Biology)551.71560/.171576.82Brasier M. D884505MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782900603321Darwin's lost world3777459UNINA