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Life's Solution - Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R1,037
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Life's Solution - Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe (Paperback, New Ed): Simon Conway Morris

Life's Solution - Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe (Paperback, New Ed)

Simon Conway Morris

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The assassin's bullet misses, the Archduke's carriage moves forward, and a catastrophic war is avoided. So too with the history of life. Re-run the tape of life, as Stephen J. Gould claimed, and the outcome must be entirely different: an alien world, without humans and maybe not even intelligence. The history of life is littered with accidents: any twist or turn may lead to a completely different world. Now this view is being challenged. Simon Conway Morris explores the evidence demonstrating life's almost eerie ability to navigate to a single solution, repeatedly. Eyes, brains, tools, even culture: all are very much on the cards. So if these are all evolutionary inevitabilities, where are our counterparts across the galaxy? The tape of life can only run on a suitable planet, and it seems that such Earth-like planets may be much rarer than hoped. Inevitable humans, yes, but in a lonely Universe.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: November 2004
First published: 2005
Authors: Simon Conway Morris
Dimensions: 226 x 150 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 488
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-60325-6
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science
Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Palaeontology > General
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LSN: 0-521-60325-0
Barcode: 9780521603256

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