Lane, Nick

Examines the history of cellular evolution, arguing that the evolution of multicellular life--such as fungi, plants, animals, and humans--was contingent on the first successful prokaryotic endosymbiosis, or a bacterium living within another bacterium.

Examines ten evolutionary steps that propelled the development of life on Earth, including DNA, sex, eyesight, consciousness, and death.

Examines ten evolutionary steps that propelled the development of life on Earth, including DNA, sex, eyesight, consciousness, and death.

Explores the strange and profound effects that oxygen has had on the evolution of life and death, explaining how oxygen became the foundation for biological complexity.