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.
Produktkennzeichnungen
ISBN-10
0521603250
ISBN-13
9780521603256
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43436469
Produkt Hauptmerkmale
Sprache
Englisch
Anzahl der Seiten
488 Seiten
Verlag
Cambridge University Press
Publikationsname
Life's Solution
Autor
Simon Conway Morris
Format
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsjahr
2004
Zusätzliche Produkteigenschaften
Hörbuch
No
Inhaltsbeschreibung
Paperback
Item Length
22cm
Item Height
2cm
Item Width
15cm
Item Weight
700g
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