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Seventeen - Simple Life Forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2023

By
Norman Maclean
Edited by
Norman Maclean
Norman Maclean
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
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Summary

In Chapter 1 it was emphasised that the first cellular life forms to evolve were bacteria, and that photosynthetic bacteria called cyanobacteria released oxygen through photosynthesis and thus set in train the conditions which allowed the many forms of aerobic life to evolve.

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IUCNInternational Union for Conservation of NatureRed listThreatened speciesPumaSurvival
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The Living Planet
The State of the World's Wildlife
 , pp. 327 - 332
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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