Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History -- Stephen Jay Gould, Paperback

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: 9/17/1990
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.13 lbs
Size: 9.24" H x 6.16" L x 0.93" W
ISBN: 9780393307009

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