History of Life

Preface vii

About the Companion Website x

1 The Origin of Life on Earth 1

2 Earliest Life on Earth 17

3 Sex and Nuclei: Eukaryotes 30

4 The Evolution of Metazoans 41

5 The Metazoan Radiation 54

6 Changing Life in a Changing World 66

7 The Early Vertebrates 84

8 Leaving the Water 98

9 Tetrapods and Amniotes 112

10 Early Amniotes and Thermoregulation 122

11 The Triassic Takeover 134

12 Dinosaurs 144