Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

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.

Author: Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 09/01/1990
Pages: 350
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.55h x 6.45w x 1.18d
ISBN13: 9780393027051
ISBN10: 0393027058
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Paleontology
- Science | Life Sciences | Evolution