The Garden of Ediacara: Discovering the First Complex Life ebook download Mark A. S. McMenamin

The Garden of Ediacara: Discovering the First Complex Life

Including twenty-two photographs and more than fifty drawings of these strikingly beautiful early life forms, this book presents a mesmerizing documentary of a major scientific discovery. During an expedition in Sonora, Mexico, McMenamin unearthed fossils of creatures dated at approximately 600 million years old making them the oldest animal fossils ever discovered. These circular fossils, known as Ediacarans, seemed to defy classification. A marine life form that existed in Precambrian times, as much as fifty million years before life on earth began to diversify rapidly, they bore a special resemblance to jellyfish. McMenamin's research profoundly impacts our understanding of evolutionary biology, for it indicates that the path toward intelligent life was embarked upon more than once on this planet.

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Title of ebook: The Garden of Ediacara: Discovering the First Complex Life
ISBN: 9780231500302
parent-ISBN: 9780231105583
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 06-1998
Released online for download: 01-01-2001
Author of eBook: McMenamin, Mark A. S.

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