5. The Golden Spike

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface IX
4. I The Cambrian Explosion 1
5. 2. Aliens Here on Earth? 14
6. 3. The Mudeaters 31
7. 4. Small Shelly Fossils 46
8. 5. The Golden Spike 83
9. 6. The Rifting of Rodinia 92
10. 7. The Garden of Ediacara 106
11. 8. Ecological Feedback and Intelligence 127
12. 9. Precambrian Oxygen 161
13. 10. Ecological Chaos and Innovation 167
14. Appendix 177
15. Glossary 181
16. References 189
17. Index 207