Wonderful Life - The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Stephen Jay Gould
W. W. Norton & Company (1989)
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Natural History
Burgess Shale (B.C.), Contingency, Invertebrates, Fossil, Paleontology, Yoho National Park (B.C.), Evolution (Biology)
Hardcover 9780393027051
English
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.
Product Details
LoC Classification QE770 .G67 1989
LoC Control Number 88037469
Dewey 560/.9
Cover Price $47.00
No. of Pages 347
Height x Width 9.5 x 6.5  inch
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