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Life: Complexity and diversity

2. The expanding biosphere

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Early life on earth arose in an environment without oxygen. In an atmosphere with increasing oxygen concentrations, co-operation among teams of biomolecules led to the emergence of multicellular organisms which over time evolved to give rise to higher plants and animals.

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  1. Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, 560 012, Bangalore, India

    Madhav Gadgil

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An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02835636.

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Gadgil, M. Life: Complexity and diversity. Reson 1, 18–25 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02835695

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