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High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It hold the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of strange creatures lived—a forgotten corner of evolution preserved in awesome detail. In this book Stephen Jay Gould explores what the Burgess Shale tells us about evolution and the nature of history.
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Wonderful life : the Burgess Shale and the nature of history, Stephen Jay Gould
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- Released
- 1989
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Stephen Jay Gould
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton
- Released
- 1989
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN10
- 039330700x
- ISBN13
- 9780393307009
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, Science & Math, Nature, Natural sciences, Biology, Science, Evolution, Nature Observation
- Original title
- Wonderful life
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- 4.15 out of 5
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- High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It hold the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of strange creatures lived—a forgotten corner of evolution preserved in awesome detail. In this book Stephen Jay Gould explores what the Burgess Shale tells us about evolution and the nature of history.