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_bATL 1979
100 1 _aWacey, David.
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245 1 0 _aLife on earth : a natural history /
_cDavid Attenborough
250 _aEnglish : 2d ed
260 _aToronto :
_bLittle, Brown and Co. (Canada).,
_c ©1979.
300 _a319 p. :
_bill. (some col.), maps ;
_c25 cm.
490 1 _aTopics in geobiology ;
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aSetting the scene: Milestones in the search for early life on Earth -- pt. 1. Investigating life in early archean rocks -- 1. What can we expect to find in the earliest rock record? -- 2. The difficulties of decoding early life -- 3. Establishing the criteria for early life on Earth -- 4. Fulfilling the criteria for early life on Earth -- 5. Techniques for investigating early life on Earth -- pt. 2. An atlas of claims for early archean life -- 6. >3700Ma Isua Supracrustal Belt and Akilia Island, S.W. Greenland -- 7. ~3490Ma Dresser Formation, East Pilbara, Western Australia -- 8. ~3470Ma Mount Ada Basalt, East Pilbara, Western Australia -- 9. ~3460 Ma Apex Basalt, East Pilbara, Western Australia -- 10. ~3450 Ma, Hoogenoeg Formation, Barberton, South Africa -- 11. ~3450Ma, Panorama Formation, East Pilbara, Western Australia -- 12. ~3426-3350Ma, Strelley Pool Formation, East Pilbara, Western Australia -- 13. ~3416-3334Ma, Kromberg Formation, Barberton, South Africa -- 14. ~3350Ma, Euro Basalt, East Pilbara, Western Australia -- 15. ~3250 Ma, Fig Tree Group, Barberton, South Africa -- 16. ~3240 Ma, Kangaroo Caves Formation, East Pilbara, Western Australia -- 17. ~3200Ma, Moodies Group, Barberton, South Africa -- 18. ~3200Ma, Dixon Island Formation, Cleaverville Greenstone Belt, West Pilbara, Western Australia -- 19. ~3000Ma, Cleaverville Formation, Cleaverville Greenstone Belt, West Pilbara, Western Australia -- 20. ~3000Ma, Farrel Quartzite, East Pilbara, Western Australia -- 21. The imposters : younger biological contaminants and non-biological artefacts -- Index.
650 _aEvolution (Biology)
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650 _aZoology
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650 _aEvolution
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830 0 _aTopics in geobiology ;
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