Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Prologue xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Chapter 1. Darwin's Dilemma 1
6. Chapter 2. Birth of a New Field of Science 35
7. Chapter 3. The Oldest Fossils and What They Mean 71
8. Chapter 4. How Did Life Begin? 101
9. Chapter 5. Metabolic Memories of the Earliest Cells 139
10. 1Chapter 6. So Far, So Fast, So Early? 164
11. Chapter 7. Stromatolites: Earth's First High-Rise Condos 183
12. Chapter 8. Cyanobacteria: Earth's Oldest "Living Fossils" 209
13. Chapter 9. Cells Like Ours Arise at Last 236
14. Chapter 10. Solution to Darwin's Dilemma 264
15. EPILOGUE EXTRAORDINARY CLAIMS! EXTRAORDINARY EVIDENCE?
16. Chapter 11. Fossils, Foibles, and Frauds 281
17. Chapter 12. The Hunt for Life on Mars 304
18. Glossary 327
19. Further Reading 349
20. Index of Geologic Units and Genera and Species 357
21. Subject Index 361