Challenging the views of scientists including Stephen J. Gould and Richard Dawkins, this text takes us on a fresh journey back in time through the Burgess Shale - the astonishing collection of pre-Cambrian creatures so different from everything now living that many rank as separate trunks of life's tree. In readable style, Conway Morris paints a picture of a critical period in the history of life which saw the diversification of all the major animal groups, and takes a controversial stance on current evolutionary theories. ...
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Challenging the views of scientists including Stephen J. Gould and Richard Dawkins, this text takes us on a fresh journey back in time through the Burgess Shale - the astonishing collection of pre-Cambrian creatures so different from everything now living that many rank as separate trunks of life's tree. In readable style, Conway Morris paints a picture of a critical period in the history of life which saw the diversification of all the major animal groups, and takes a controversial stance on current evolutionary theories. The book should appeal to the general reader interested in popular science and evolutionary theory - in particular readers of Richard Dawkins and Stephen Jay Gould.
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Very good. Hbk 242pp illus diagrams charts and photos (some in color) lacks dj boards clean and crisp prev owner's name on front flyleaf bottom of pages faintly wavy otherwise an excellent clean tight unmarked copy.
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Fine. 1st edition. xxiii, 242pp. Octavo. Original black cloth with silver lettering on spine. B/W photos and coloured illustrations. Sketch drawings. Dust jacket is illustrated and unmarked. As new condition. fine Morris guides us through the Burgess Shale and examines the discoveries in the relation to our place in evolution.