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This book uses modern biological knowledge to tackle the question: "What distinguishes living organisms from the non-living ...

This book describes how the basic building blocks of life, the amino acids, formed. After a comprehensible introduction into ...

Astrobiology, a new exciting interdisciplinary research field, seeks to unravel the origin and evolution of life wherever ...

This study investigates the major theories of the origins of life in light of modern research with the aim of distinguishing ...

The book covers notions by scientists of various branches on the evolutionary relationship between the biosphere and geosphere, ...

Up to now, we do not have a generally accepted theory about the origin of life and about the process of development of life, ...

Nine years after the publication of Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life, one of the pioneering books in Astrobiology, ...

Our knowledge of extinct animals depends almost entirely upon the study of fossils. This richly illustrated book clothes ...

Summarizes the current state of knowledge in many aspects of primate and human evolution that have been studied by Simons ...

Eukaryotic Membranes and Cytoskeleton: Origins and Evolution discusses the evolutionary origin and diversification of eukaryotic ...

Evolution is a critical challenge for many areas of science, technology and development of society. The book reviews general ...

this book provides an up-to-date overview of evolutionary concepts and how these concepts can be applied to a better understanding ...

This volume describes the myriad ways in which fish have approached problems of reproduction — it is an amply illustrated ...

From Fossils to Astrobiology reviews developments in paleontology and geobiology that relate to the rapidly-developing field ...

On the occasion of the retirement of Ulrich Schwarz, a symposium was held in Groningen in May of 1996, celebrating his contributions ...

Human Origins and Environmental Backgrounds is a benchmark compendium of research that presents itself at a major paradigm ...

This book addresses the possible origins, development and fate of intelligent life in the universe. The author presents a ...

Based on material delivered at several summer schools, this book is the first comprehensive textbook at the graduate level ...

Life As we Know It ["LAKI"] covers several aspects of Life, ranging from the prebiotic level, origin of life, evolution ...

Energy, chemistry, solvents, and habitats -- the basic elements of living systems - define the opportunities and limitations ...

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