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008			121211s2013 njuab b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2012033617
020			_a9780470671733 _q(hardback)
020			_a9780470671726 _q(paperback)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _erda _dDLC
049			_aBAUN_MERKEZ
050	0	4	_aQE711.2 _b.C68 2013
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100	1		_aCowen, Richard, _d1940-
245	1	0	_aHistory of life / _cRichard Cowen.
250			_aFifth edition.
264		1	_aHoboken, New Jersey : _bJohn Wiley and Sons Incorporated, _c2013.
300			_aix, 302 pages : _bcolor illustrations, color maps ; _c29 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_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.
505	0	0	_t-- Preface _t-- Chapter 1. The Origin Of Life on Earth _t-- Chapter 2. Earliest Life on Earth _t-- Chapter 3. Sex and Nuclei: Eukaryotes _t-- Chapter 4. The Evolution of Metazoans _t-- Chapter 5. The Metazoan Radiation _t-- Chapter 6. Changing Life in a Changing World _t-- Chapter 7. The Early Vertebrates _t-- Chapter 8. Leaving the Water _t-- Chapter 9. Tetrapods and Amniotes _t-- Chapter 10. Early Amniotes and Thermoregulation _t-- Chapter 11. The Triassic Takeover _t-- Chapter 12. Dinosaurs _t-- Chapter 13. The Evolution of Flight _t-- Chapter 14. The Modernization of Land and Sea _t-- Chapter 15. The Origin of Mammals _t-- Chapter 16. The End of the Dinosaurs _t-- Chapter 17. Cenozoic Mammals _t-- Chapter 18. Geography and Evolution _t-- Chapter 19. Primates _t-- Chapter 20. Evolving Toward Humans _t-- Chapter 21. Life in the Ice Age _t-- Index.
650		0	_aPaleontology.
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