Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 09/17/1990
ISBN: 9780393027051
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.55h x 6.45w x 1.18d

Review Citations: Library Journal 09/01/1989
Publishers Weekly 08/04/1989