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Wonderful Life

The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

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Basing his argument around the history of science's treatment of the fossils of the Burgess shale, the author presents a view of evolution as a non-progressive system, which saw a wide range of early designs for life winnowed down to the relatively few basic designs that exist today.

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Wonderful Life, Stephen Jay Gould

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1991
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Subtitle
The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Language
English
Publisher
Penguin Books
Released
1991
Format
Paperback
ISBN10
0140133801
ISBN13
9780140133806
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Wonderful life
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Basing his argument around the history of science's treatment of the fossils of the Burgess shale, the author presents a view of evolution as a non-progressive system, which saw a wide range of early designs for life winnowed down to the relatively few basic designs that exist today.