Introducing Palaeontology: A Guide to Ancient Life Jackson Patrick Wyse
Introducing Palaeontology: A Guide to Ancient Life Jackson Patrick Wyse Life on Earth can be traced back over three billion years into the past. The earliest life forms were bacteria and algae; these…
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Introducing Palaeontology: A Guide to Ancient Life Jackson Patrick Wyse
Life on Earth can be traced back over three billion years into the past. The earliest life forms were bacteria and algae; these produced the oxygen that enabled more complex life forms to develop. Many examples of the Earth's former inhabitants are to be found in rocks, preserved as beautiful and fascinating fossils.
Many of these life forms were readily fossilized and are used to subdivide geological time. About 600 million years ago multi-cellular organisms appeared on Earth, some of which could protect themselves with hard parts such as shells. Numerous species have evolved and most are now extinct.
Lineages can be traced and extinctions explained as a consequence of terrestrial and extra-terrestrial events. Now in a revised, updated and expanded Second Edition Introducing Palaeontology will continue to provide readers with a concise and accessible introduction to the science of
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