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Early Life on Earth: Evolution, Diversification, and Interactions
 
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ISBN13:9781032198484
ISBN10:1032198486
Binding:Paperback
No. of pages:354 pages
Size:234x156 mm
Weight:453 g
Language:English
Illustrations: 130 Illustrations, black & white; 70 Illustrations, color; 70 Halftones, black & white; 56 Halftones, color; 60 Line drawings, black & white; 14 Line drawings, color; 3 Tables, black & white
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Early Life on Earth

Evolution, Diversification, and Interactions
 
Edition number: 1
Publisher: CRC Press
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Short description:

This book comprehensively explores the early evolution of life and the Archean environment. Topics include the differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes, variations in metabolisms, concepts of ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles (nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorous), Archean geology and environments, and early evolutionary history of life.

Long description:

This book comprehensively explores the early evolution of life and the Archean environment. Topics include the differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes, variations in metabolisms, concepts of ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles (nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorous), Archean geology and environments, and the widely accepted early evolutionary history of life. The text addresses controversies regarding early life and its environment, particularly the unusual microfossil assemblages from the 3.4 Ga Strelley Pool Formation and the 3.0 Ga Farrel Quartzite of Western Australia. Readers will get a fuller picture of the Archean world, and an appreciation of many still unresolved questions.



Key Features




  • Illustrated with figures visualizing ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles etc which are indispensable for understanding the Archean Earth.



  • Includes tables arranging key words, definitions, and interpretations.



  • Documents the Archean environment with photographic evidence and detailed descriptions the rocks, minerals and microfossils.



  • Summarizes the latest field research.



  • Details exciting unresolved questions for future study.

Table of Contents:

1) Space, solar system and the Earth


2) Solid Earth


3) Life on the Earth 1


4) Life on the Earth 2


5) Topics of the Archean (and Hadean) Earth 1


6) Topics of the Precambrian Earth 2


7) Biosignatures in ancient rocks and related issues


8) Early (Paleo- to Meso-) Archean cellularly-preserved biosignatures


9) Overview of the Pilbara Microstructures 1: the Farrel Quartzite assemblage


10) Overview of the Pilbara Microstructures 2: the Strelley Pool Formation assemblage


11) Biogenicity of the Pilbara Microstructures


12) Lifecycle and mode of life of the Pilbara microfossils


13) Facts and problems of the Pilbara Microfossils and related issues