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algae
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bacteria
biological sciences
biology
botany
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chlorophyll
classification
conifers
diversification
diversity
earth
ecology
ecosystems
embryonic botanist
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evolution
evolutionary framework
ferns
fossils
ginkgoes
green
greenery
herbarium
history of plants
moss
organisms
phytology
planet
plant
reproduction
Product details
- ISBN 9780226069777
- Weight: 936g
- Dimensions: 16 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 08 Jul 2015
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 per cent of Earth's long history - that is, for roughly 3.8 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.
Joseph E. Armstrong is an award-winning teacher, professor of botany, head curator of the Vasey Herbarium, and director of the Organismal Biology and Public Outreach Sequence for Biological Sciences Majors, all at Illinois State University.
