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Hypersea
McMenamin, Mark; McMenamin, Dianna L.S.
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Description for Hypersea
Paperback. This text describes the evidence for how life moved from sea to land, beginning more than 400 million years ago, employing the concept of "Hypersea" which is the idea that the barren land surfaces of the Earth could only have been colonized by multicellular organisms working in concert. Num Pages: 343 pages, 98 illus. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
This text describes the evidence for how life moved from sea to land, beginning more than 400 million years ago, employing the concept of "Hypersea" which is the idea that the barren land surfaces of the Earth could only have been colonized by multicellular organisms working in concert.
This text describes the evidence for how life moved from sea to land, beginning more than 400 million years ago, employing the concept of "Hypersea" which is the idea that the barren land surfaces of the Earth could only have been colonized by multicellular organisms working in concert.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
343
Condition
New
Number of Pages
343
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231075312
SKU
V9780231075312
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Hypersea
The whole is much greater than the sum of the parts. Symbiosis is not an amusing sideshow; it is the only show in town. Discovering this, we lose track of who is the host and who the parasite. All notions of biological hierarchy are turned upside down... Truth or engaging diversion, Hypersea is an illuminating way of looking at the biosphere. New Scientist This book is a significant advance in holistic biological thinking. It gives us a new view of the biosphere, in which symbiosis and cooperation are as important as predation and competition. Whole Earth Review Why is life on land such a spectacular success? Because, say Dianna and Mark McMenamin, 450 million years ago life created Hypersea, a vast new ocean of interconnected tissues. Discover