Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe
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Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe

Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe

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Simon Conway Morris (Author)  

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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. 23 Halftones, unspecified; 27 Line drawings, unspecified
Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology at the University of Cambridge, he is also the author of The Crucible of Creation (1998).
  • Contributor: Simon Conway Morris
  • Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780521827041
  • Number of Pages: 486
  • Packaged Dimensions: 160x236x28mm
  • Packaged Weight: 926
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Release Date: 2003-09-04
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology at the University of Cambridge, he is also the author of The Crucible of Creation (1998).

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