Название: Introducing Palaeontology: A Guide to Ancient Life
Автор: Patrick Wyse Jackson
Издательство: Dunedin Academic Press
Год: 2019
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 169
Размер: 89,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

Life on Earth can be traced back over three billion years into the past. Many examples of the Earth’s former inhabitants are to be found in rocks, preserved as beautiful and fascinating fossils. The earliest life forms were bacteria and algae; these produced the oxygen that enabled more complex life forms to develop.