Bibliograph

Planet of the bugs, evolution and the rise of insects, Scott Richard Shaw

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Planet of the bugs, evolution and the rise of insects, Scott Richard Shaw

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Planet of the bugs

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Scott Richard Shaw

Sub title

evolution and the rise of insects

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Time travel with insects -- The buggy planet -- Rise of the arthropods -- The Cambrian period, 541-485 million years ago, and the Ordovician period, 485-444 million years ago -- Silurian landfall -- The Silurian period, 444-419 million years ago -- Six feet under the moss -- The Devonian period, 419-359 million years ago -- Dancing on air -- The Carboniferous period, 359-299 million years ago -- Paleozoic holocaust -- The Permian period, 299-252 million years ago -- Triassic spring -- The Triassic period, 252-201 million years ago -- Picnicking in Jurassic park -- The Jurassic period, 201-145 million years ago -- Cretaceous bloom and doom -- The Cretaceous period, 145-66 million years ago -- Cenozoic reflections -- The Cenozoic era, 66 million years ago to the present day -- Postscript: the buggy universe hypothesis

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