LEADER 03465nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910957508603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781299159242 010 $a1299159249 010 $a9781118510933 010 $a1118510933 010 $a9780470671726 010 $a0470671726 035 $a(CKB)30948439700041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1117262 035 $a(VLeBooks)9781118510926 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7103751 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7103751 035 $a(OCoLC)1347023407 035 $a(Perlego)1002611 035 $a(Perlego)2761751 035 $a(EXLCZ)9930948439700041 100 $a20121211d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHistory of life /$fRichard Cowen 205 $a5th ed. 210 $aHoboken, N.J. $cWiley-Blackwell$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 300 $aPrevious ed.: 2005 300 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 311 08$a9780470671733 311 08$a0470671734 311 08$a9781118510926 311 08$a1118510925 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine 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. 330 $a"This text is designed for students and anyone else with an interest in the history of life on our planet. The author describes the biological evolution of Earth's organisms, and reconstructs their adaptations to the life they led, and the ecology and environment in which they functioned. On the grand scale, Earth is a constantly changing planet, continually presenting organisms with challenges. Changing geography, climate, atmosphere, oceanic and land environments set a stage in which organisms interact with their environments and one another, with evolutionary change an inevitable result. The organisms themselves in turn can change global environments: oxygen in our atmosphere is all produced by photosynthesis, for example. The interplay between a changing Earth and its evolving organisms is the underlying theme of the book. The book has a dedicated website which explores additional enriching information and discussion, and provides or points to the art for the book and many other images useful for teaching. See: www.wiley.com/go/cowen/historyoflife"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aPaleontology 615 0$aPaleontology. 676 $a560 686 $a457$2njb/09 700 $aCowen$b Richard$f1940-$01806724 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957508603321 996 $aHistory of life$94356066 997 $aUNINA