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The Crucible of Creation

Category Library
Title
The Crucible of Creation

Author(s)

Simon Conway Morris

Year

1998

Publisher

OUP

Number of pages

242

The Crucible of Creation: the Burgess shale and the rise of animals

Located in the west of Canada, the Burgess Shale contains a unique collection of fossil remains, and has become an icon for those studying the history of life. This remarkable book takes us on a fresh journey back in time through the Burgess Shale and its astonishing collection of pre-Cambrian creatures. In an entertaining and readable style, Simon Conway Morris paints a vivid picture of the critical period which saw the diversification of all the major animal groups, and takes a controversial stance on current evolutionary theories that is sure to provoke much interest and debate.