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The Vital Question - Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life (Paperback)
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The Vital Question - Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life (Paperback)
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The Earth teems with life: in its oceans, forests, skies and
cities. Yet there's a black hole at the heart of biology. We do not
know why complex life is the way it is, or, for that matter, how
life first began. In The Vital Question, award-winning author and
biochemist Nick Lane radically reframes evolutionary history,
putting forward a solution to conundrums that have puzzled
generations of scientists. For two and a half billion years, from
the very origins of life, single-celled organisms such as bacteria
evolved without changing their basic form. Then, on just one
occasion in four billion years, they made the jump to complexity.
All complex life, from mushrooms to man, shares puzzling features,
such as sex, which are unknown in bacteria. How and why did this
radical transformation happen? The answer, Lane argues, lies in
energy: all life on Earth lives off a voltage with the strength of
a lightning bolt. Building on the pillars of evolutionary theory,
Lane's hypothesis draws on cutting-edge research into the link
between energy and cell biology, in order to deliver a compelling
account of evolution from the very origins of life to the emergence
of multicellular organisms, while offering deep insights into our
own lives and deaths. Both rigorous and enchanting, The Vital
Question provides a solution to life's vital question: why are we
as we are, and indeed, why are we here at all?
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