4. Edition - August 2004
55.90 Euro
2004. 336 Pages, Softcover
ISBN-10: 1-4051-1756-7
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-1756-2 - John Wiley & Sons








Detailed description
This text is aimed at students and anyone interested in the history of life on our planet. It explores the 'whys' of events that occurred, and in this newest edition, it takes a closer look at the evolution of the physical earth and the strong interactions between organisms and environment. The book's coverage includes geography, climate, atmosphere, ocean, and land (a changing stage) while following interplay between organisms. Also new to this edition is a dedicated website which explores additional environmental factors and supplemental topics, and provides interactive exercises, a detailed glossary, key links and all art in downloadable form. The art is also available to instructors on CD-ROM in PowerPoint and Jpeg formats.

An Instructor manual CD-ROM for this title is available. Please contact our Higher Education team at HigherEducation@wiley.com for more information.

From the contents
Preface.

1. The Origin of Life on Earth.

2. Earth's Earliest Life.

3. Sex and Nuclei: Eukaryotes.

4. The Evolution of Metazoans.

5. The Cambrian Explosion.

6. Changing Life in a Changing World.

7. The Early Vertebrates.

8. Leaving the Water.

9. Tetrapods and Amniotes.

10. Early Amniotes and Thermoregulation.

11. The Triassic Takeover.

12. Dinosaurs.

13. The Evolution of Flight.

14. The Modernization of Land and Sea.

15. The Origin of Mammals.

16. The End of Dinosaurs.

17. Cenozoic Mammals: Origins, Guilds and Trends.

18. Geography and Evolution.

19. Primates.

20. Evolving Toward Humans.

21. Life in the Ice Ages.

Glossary.

Index