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.
| ISBN: | 9780393245202 |
| Publication date: | 17th September 1990 |
| Author: | Gould, Stephen Jay |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Format: | Digital Product (Other) |