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This two-volume handbook is unique in spanning the entire field of evolution, from the origins of life up to the formation of social structures and science and technology. The author team of world-renowned experts considers the subject from a variety of disciplines, with continuous cross-referencing so as to retain a logical internal structure. The uniformly structured contributions discuss not merely the general knowledge behind the evolution of life, but also the corresponding development of language, society, economies, morality and politics. The result is an overview of the history and methods used in the study of evolution, including controversial theories and discussions. A must for researchers in the natural sciences, sociology and philosophy, as well as for those interested in an interdisciplinary view of the status of evolution today.
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| Title of eBook: Handbook of Evolution: The Evolution of Human Societies and Cultures | |
| Release Date: 11-20-2008 | |
| Publisher: Wiley-VCH |
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Handbook of Evolution: The Evolution of Human Societies and Cultures
Chapter One
The Evolution of Organisms: A SynopsisFrancisco J. Ayala
1.1 Biological Diversity and Evolution
The diversity of life is staggering. More than two million existing species of plants and animals have been named and described: many more remain to be discovered, at least ten million according to most estimates. What is impressive is not just the numbers but also the incredible heterogeneity in size, shape, and ways of life: from lowly bacteria, less than one thousandth of a millimeter in diameter, to the stately sequoias of California, rising 100 meters above the ground and weighing several thousand tons; from microorganisms living in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park at temperatures near the boiling point of water, some like Pyrolobus fumarii able to grow at more than 100 ?C, to fungi and algae thriving on the ice masses of Antarctica and in saline pools at -23 ?C; from the strange wormlike creatures discovered in dark ocean depths thousands of meters below the surface, to spiders and larkspur existing on Mt. Everest more than 6600 meters above sea level.
These variations on life are the outcome of the evolutionary process. All organisms are related by descent from common ancestors. Humans and other mammals are descended from shrew-like creatures that lived more than 150 million years ago; mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes share as ancestors small worm-like creatures that lived in the world's oceans 600 million years ago; plants and animals are derived from bacteria-like microorganisms that originated more than three billion years ago. Because of biological evolution, lineages of organism
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