Climate, fire and human evolution : the deep time dimensions of the anthropocene /: the deep time dimensions of the anthropocene. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew Y. Glikson, Colin Groves.
• Authors: Glikson, A. Y; Groves, Colin P
• Contents: Foreword; Prologue; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Early Earth Systems; 1.1 Archaean and Proterozoic Atmospheres; 1.2 Early Biospheres; 1.3 Greenhouse States and Glaciations; Chapter 2: Phanerozoic Life and Mass Extinctions of Species; 2.1 Acraman Impact and Acritarchs Radiation; 2.2 Cambrian and Late Ordovician Mass Extinction; 2.3 Late and End-Devonian Mass Extinctions; 2.4 Late Permian and Permian-Triassic Mass Extinctions; 2.5 End-Triassic Mass Extinction; 2.6 Jurassic-Cretaceous Extinction; 2.7 K-T (Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary) Mass Extinction; 2.8 Paleocene-Eocene Extinction. 2.9 The End-Eocene FreezeChapter 3: Cenozoic Biological Evolution (by Colin Groves); 3.1 The Evolution of Mammals; 3.2 From Primates to Humans; 3.3 From Genetic Evolution to Cultural Evolution; Chapter 4: Fire and the Biosphere; 4.1 An Incendiary Biosphere; 4.2 The Deep-Time History of Fire; 4.3 Fire and Pre-historic Human Evolution; 4.4 Neolithic Burning and Early Civilizations; Chapter 5: The Anthropocene; 5.1 The Modern Atmosphere; 5.2 Neolithic Burning and Early Global Warming; 5.3 The Great Carbon Oxidation Event; 5.4 The Sixth Mass Extinction of Species; 5.5 The Faustian Bargain. 5.6 The Post-anthropocene WorldChapter 6: Rare Earth; Chapter 7: Prometheus: An Epilogue; References; About the Book and the Authors; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, color illustrations
• Subjects: 599.938; Earth sciences; Human evolution; Human beings -- Effect of climate on; Anthropology; Archaeology; NATURE -- Animals -- Mammals; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals; Human beings -- Effect of climate on; Human evolution; Science -- Environmental Science; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Social Science -- Archaeology; Environmental science, engineering & technology; Biogeography; Anthropology; Archaeology; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology; Earth sciences; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319225128
• Related ISBNs: 331922512X; 9783319225111; 3319225111
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 25, 2015).
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