Margulis, Lynn, 1938-

Microcosmos : four billion years of evolution from our microbial ancestors / Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan ; foreword by Lewis Thomas. - Berkeley : University of California Press, [1997] - 300 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Originally published: New York : Summit Books, c1986. With rev. pref.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-283) and index.

Out of the cosmos -- The animation of matter -- The language of nature -- Entering the microcosm -- Sex and worldwide genetic exchange -- The oxygen holocaust -- New cells -- Living together -- The symbiotic brain -- The riddle of sex -- Late bloomers: animals and plants -- Egocentric man -- The future supercosm

0520210646 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780520210646 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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GB97-60380


Evolution (Biology)
Microorganisms--Evolution.

QH 371 / M331m 1997

576.8