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In the blink of an eye
Andrew Parker, Andrew Parker
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An edition of In the blink of an eye (2003)

In the blink of an eye

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"Here, for the first time, Oxford zoologist Andrew Parker reveals his theory of this great flourishing of life. Parker's astounding explanation is that it was the development of vision in primitive animals that caused the explosion. Precambrian creatures were unable to see, making it difficult to find friend or foe. With the evolution of the eye, the size, shape, color, and behavior of animals was suddenly revealed. Once the lights were "turned on," there was enormous pressure to evolve hard external parts as defenses and clasping limbs to grab prey. The animal kingdom exploded into life, and the country of the blind became a teeming mass of hunters and hunted, all scrambling for their place on the evolutionary tree."--Jacket.

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Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
316

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Subjects

Paleontology, Evolution (Biology), Evolutionary paleoecology, Fossil Invertebrates, Cambrian Geologic Period

Places

Burgess Shale (B.C.)

Times

Cambrian

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In the Blink of an Eye: How Vision Sparked the Big Bang of Evolution
April 13, 2004, Basic Books
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In the blink of an eye
2004, Basic Books
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In the blink of an eye: the cause of the most dramatic event in the history of life
2003, Free Press
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In the blink of an eye
2003, Perseus Pub.
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Table of Contents

Evolution's big bang
The virtual life of fossils
The infusion of light
When darkness descends
Light, time and evolution
Colour in the Cambrian?
The making of a sense
The killer instinct
The solution
End of story?

Edition Notes

Includes index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
560
Library of Congress
QE770 .P37 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 316 p. :
Number of pages
316

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Open Library
OL18396331M
ISBN 10
0465054382
OCLC/WorldCat
54977231
Library Thing
139234
Goodreads
2149

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Ithaca College Library MARC record

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