The Cosmic Zoo: The (Near) Inevitability of the Evolution of Complex, Macroscopic Life

Life on Earth provides a unique biological record from single-cell microbes to technologically intelligent life forms. Our evolution is marked by several major steps or innovations along a path of increasing complexity from microbes to space-faring humans. Here we identify various major key innovati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schulze-Makuch, Dirk, Bains, William
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: MDPI AG (Basel, Switzerland) 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105127