The History of Life: A Very Short Introduction

by Michael J. Benton

Book Overview

Here is the extraordinary story of the unfolding of life on Earth, told by Michael J. Benton, a world-renowned authority on biodiversity. Ranging over four billion years, Benton weaves together the latest findings on fossils, earth history, evolutionary biology, and many other fields to highlight the great leaps that enabled life to evolve from microbe to human--big breakthroughs that made whole new ways of life possible--including cell division and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199226326
• ISBN13: 9780199226320
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.4" x 6.7"