In this book, William Schopf, a pioneer of modern paleobiology, tells for the first time the exciting and fascinating story of the origins and earliest evolution of life and how that story has been unearthed.

Intended for a non-specialist audience, students and laypersons alike, this book presents an up-to-date, well-illustrated encapsulation of the Phanerozoic history of life, the 550-million-year-long advance of plants and animals that set the ...

This book, through a memoire of Schopf’s personal recollections, documents astonishing discoveries revealing the first 85% of the history of life.

This book, through a memoire of Schopf's personal recollections, documents astonishing discoveries revealing the first 85% of the history of life.

Precambrian microfossils discovered in nonferruginous charts of the lower "algal" members of the Gunflint formation of southern Ontario are of great interest in the evolutionary scheme of primitive life.