Publication |
Berkeley, University of California Press, 2003.
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Description |
176pBlack Spine
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Summary/Abstract |
Gives an overview history of life on Earth, including the most up-to-date research and discoveries from around the world, as it covers a wide range of fascinating topics-the fossil record, dinosaurs, extinction events, our earliest human ancestors, global environments and climate change.
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Contents |
How the present reveals the past
The Ice age (0 - 1.8 million years ago)
Life's third age (1.8 - 65 million years ago)
Life's middle age (65 - 205 million years ago)
Life's extinction events
Life's early age (205 - 545 million years ago)
Life's beginnings (545 - 4000 million years ago)
Earth's beginnings (4000 - 4600 million years ago)
The earth's future
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Standard Number |
0520241053 Hb.
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