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3. Microbes
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Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- 1. About This Book 1
- 2. Our Bedroom 9
- 3. Microbes 13
- 4. Protists 25
- 5. Fungi 36
- 6. Animals 43
- 7. Dry Land 54
- 8. Lichens 58
- 9. Plants 61
- 10. Arthropods on Land 79
- 11. Vertebrates 83
- 12. Amphibians 88
- 13. Proto-Mammals 95
- 14. Dinosaurs 100
- 15. Pterosaurs 118
- 16. Crocodiles 126
- 17. Birds 130
- 18. Mammals 137
- 19. From Monkeys to the Missing Link 145
- 20. The Line to Homo Sapiens 150
- 21. Neandertals 159
- 22. Why Do We Look the Way We Look 164
- 23. The San, Formerly Known as Bushmen 167
- 24. Gaia’s Rule One: 178
- 25. Gaia’s Rule Two: 184
- 26. Gaia’s Rule Three: 190
- 27. The Present 194
- 28. The Future 199
- CODA 201
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 203
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- 1. About This Book 1
- 2. Our Bedroom 9
- 3. Microbes 13
- 4. Protists 25
- 5. Fungi 36
- 6. Animals 43
- 7. Dry Land 54
- 8. Lichens 58
- 9. Plants 61
- 10. Arthropods on Land 79
- 11. Vertebrates 83
- 12. Amphibians 88
- 13. Proto-Mammals 95
- 14. Dinosaurs 100
- 15. Pterosaurs 118
- 16. Crocodiles 126
- 17. Birds 130
- 18. Mammals 137
- 19. From Monkeys to the Missing Link 145
- 20. The Line to Homo Sapiens 150
- 21. Neandertals 159
- 22. Why Do We Look the Way We Look 164
- 23. The San, Formerly Known as Bushmen 167
- 24. Gaia’s Rule One: 178
- 25. Gaia’s Rule Two: 184
- 26. Gaia’s Rule Three: 190
- 27. The Present 194
- 28. The Future 199
- CODA 201
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 203
