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Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998
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- Title
- The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals
- Author
- Morris, Simon Conway
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Oxford
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0198502567
- ISBN 13
- 9780198502562
- Illustrator
- 4 colour plates plus many figures
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- 8vo
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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About the Author
Simon Conway Morris is Professor of Paleontology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge, England, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society. He lives in Cambridge.
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