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Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
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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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Format Digital E-Book (N/A pages)
Language Eng
Published October 1, 1989
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 36475
Stephen Jay Gould
About the Author
Stephen Jay Gould

Stephen Jay Gould is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Stephen Jay Gould can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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