Darwin's lost world : the hidden history of animal life
Brasier, M. D.2010
Book
This book concerns another of Darwin's Dilemmas, and the efforts of modern palaeontologists to solve it. Darwin puzzled over why ancient Precambrian rocks seemed barren of life. Brasier describes the quest to shed light on Darwin's `Lost World', the discovery of its strange creatures, and what drove the sudden flurry of evolution called the Cambrian Explosion. These are areas of intense and exciting current research and he gives his own take on the emerging answers, as one of the leading players in the field.
Main title:
Darwin's lost world : the hidden history of animal life / Martin Brasier.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Collation:
xiv, 304 p., [8] p. of plates : ill (some col.) ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2009.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780199548989
Dewey class:
551.71
Language:
English
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BRN:
125708
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