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.
- ISBN10 0393027058
- ISBN13 9780393027051
- Publish Date 22 November 1989
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 10 March 2004
- Publish Country US
- Imprint WW Norton & Co
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 350
- Language English