A Harvard geologist presents a narrative chronicle of the Earth's 4.6-billion-year evolution that places the environmental crises of today's world in a context that explains the planet's fragile capacity to support life.
An . . . Harvard geologist presents a narrative chronicle of the Earth's 4.6-billion-year evolution that places the environmental crises of [the recent] world in a context that explains the planet's fragile capacity to support life.
the first three billion years of evolution on earth
Knoll, Andrew H
2015
Draws from research in paleontology, molecular biology, and earth system science to examine life in the Precambrian era, and presents a theory for the sudden development of complex life-forms.
the first three billion years of evolution on earth
Knoll, Andrew H
2003
Draws from research in paleontology, molecular biology, and earth system science to examine life in the Precambrian era, and presents a theory for the sudden development of complex life-forms.