The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals by Simon Conway Morris

The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals

Simon Conway Morris

276 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction science informative reflective slow-paced

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In The Crucible of Creation, paleontologist Simon Conway Morris describes the marvelous finds of the Burgess Shale--a fantastically rich deposit of bizarre and bewildering Cambrian fossils, located in Western Canada. Conway Morris is one of the fe...

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