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   Sep 17, 1990 · Amazon.com Review. The Burgess Shale of British Columbia "is the most precious and important of all fossil localities," writes Stephen Jay Gould. These 600-million-year-old rocks preserve the soft parts of a collection of animals unlike any other. Just how unlike is the subject of Gould's book.

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   • Author: Stephen Jay Gould

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   Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History is a 1989 book on the evolution of Cambrian fauna by Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould. The volume made The New York Times Best Seller list , [1] was the 1991 winner of the Royal Society 's Rhone-Poulenc Prize , the American Historical Association 's Forkosch Award, and was a ...

   • Author: Stephen Jay Gould
   • Pages: 347 pp.

   • Publish Year: 1989
   • Publication date: 1989

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   Oct 1, 1989 · 4.14. 9,871 ratings335 reviews. 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.

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   What does the Burgess Shale tell us about evolution?

   • In this book Stephen Jay Gould explores what the Burgess Shale tells us about evolution and the nature of history. The Burgess Shale of British Columbia "is the most precious and important of all fossil localities," writes Stephen Jay Gould. These 600-million-year-old rocks preserve the soft parts of a collection of animals unlike any other.

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   • Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History is a 1989 book on the evolution of Cambrian fauna by Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould.

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   Why is the Burgess Shale so important?

   • The Burgess Shale of British Columbia "is the most precious and important of all fossil localities," writes Stephen Jay Gould. These 600-million-year-old rocks preserve the soft parts of a collection of animals unlike any other. Just how unlike is the subject of Gould's book.

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   Who discovered the Burgess Shale?

   • Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850-1927), who discovered the Burgess Shale, with his children Sidney Stevens Walcott (1892-1977), and Helen Breese Walcott (1894-1965). Gould's thesis in Wonderful Life was that contingency plays a major role in the evolutionary history of life.

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   Mar 29, 2021 · Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. 347 pages : 24 cm. Explains why the diversity of the Burgess Shale is important in understanding our past and evolution. Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-335) and index. Access-restricted-item. true.

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   Jun 10, 2009 · Wonderful life : the Burgess Shale and the nature of history. by. Gould, Stephen Jay. Publication date. 1989. Topics. Invertebrates, Fossil, Paleontology, Paleontology, Paleontology, Contingency (Philosophy), Évolution, Invertébrés fossiles, Paléontologie, Paléontologie, Paléontologie, Contingence (Philosophie), Evolución, Evolutie ...

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    May 29, 1991 · Buy Wonderful Life – The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History Illustrated by Gould, Stephen Jay (ISBN: 9780393307009) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

    • Author: Stephen Jay Gould