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How the Earth Turned Green (Hardcover)
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How the Earth Turned Green (Hardcover)
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On this blue planet, long before pterodactyls took to the skies and
tyrannosaurs prowled the continents, tiny green organisms populated
the ancient oceans. Fossil and phylogenetic evidence suggests that
chlorophyll, the green pigment responsible for coloring these
organisms, has been in existence for some 85% of Earth's long
history--that is, for roughly 3.5 billion years. In "How the Earth
Turned Green, "Joseph E. Armstrong traces the history of these
verdant organisms, which many would call plants, from their ancient
beginnings to the diversity of green life that inhabits the Earth
today.
Using an evolutionary framework, "How the Earth Turned Green"
addresses questions such as: Should all green organisms be
considered plants? Why do these organisms look the way they do? How
are they related to one another and to other chlorophyll-free
organisms? How do they reproduce? How have they changed and
diversified over time? And how has the presence of green organisms
changed the Earth's ecosystems? More engaging than a traditional
textbook and displaying an astonishing breadth, "How the Earth
Turned Green" will both delight and enlighten embryonic botanists
and any student interested in the evolutionary history of plants.
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