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The hidden life of life : a walk through the reaches of time / Elizabeth Marshall Thomas.
- Title
- The hidden life of life : a walk through the reaches of time / Elizabeth Marshall Thomas.
- Author
- Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall, 1931-
- Publication
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QH501 .T46 2018 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 204 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Provides an overview of the commonality of life on Earth. Inspired by the idea of symbiosis in evolution, the book explores the challenges and behaviors shared by creatures from bacteria to humans and all those in between"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Animalibus: of animals and cultures ; vol. 13
- Uniform Title
- Animalibus ; v. 13.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- About this book -- Our bedroom -- Microbes -- Protists -- Fungi -- Animals -- Dry land -- Lichens -- Plants -- Arthropods on land -- Vertebrates -- Amphibians -- Proto-mammals -- Dinosaurs -- Pterosaurs -- Crocodiles -- Birds -- Mammals -- From monkeys to the missing link -- The line to Homo sapiens -- Neandertals -- Why do we look the way we look? -- The San, formerly known as Bushmen -- Gaia's rule one : find a source of energy -- Gaia's rule two : protect yourself -- Gaia's rule three : reproduce -- The present -- The future -- Coda.
- ISBN
- 9780271081014
- 0271081015
- LCCN
- 2017058555
- 99980224054
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries