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1. THE BUGGY PLANET

Scott Richard Shaw

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Prologue. Time Travel with Insects ix
1. THE BUGGY PLANET 1
2. RISE OF THE ARTHROPODS 17
3. SILURIAN LANDFALL 36
4. SIX FEET UNDER THE MOSS 52
5. DANCING ON AIR 70
6. PALEOZOIC HOLOCAUST 92
7. TRIASSIC SPRING 115
8. PICNICKING IN JURASSIC PARK 130
9. CRETACEOUS BLOOM AND DOOM 153
10. CENOZOIC REFLECTIONS 170
Postscript. The Buggy Universe Hypothesis 187
Acknowledgments 195
About the Author 201
Notes 203
Suggested Reading 217
Index 225

https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226163758-002

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Prologue. Time Travel with Insects ix
1. THE BUGGY PLANET 1
2. RISE OF THE ARTHROPODS 17
3. SILURIAN LANDFALL 36
4. SIX FEET UNDER THE MOSS 52
5. DANCING ON AIR 70
6. PALEOZOIC HOLOCAUST 92
7. TRIASSIC SPRING 115
8. PICNICKING IN JURASSIC PARK 130
9. CRETACEOUS BLOOM AND DOOM 153
10. CENOZOIC REFLECTIONS 170
Postscript. The Buggy Universe Hypothesis 187
Acknowledgments 195
About the Author 201
Notes 203
Suggested Reading 217
Index 225

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