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

Oxford University Press, 1998-05-07. hardcover. Used: Good.

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Oxford University Press, 1998. hbk 242pp illus diagrams charts and photos (some in color) lacks dj boards clean and crisp prev ownerÕs name on front flyleaf bottom of pages faintly wavy otherwise an excellent clean tight unmarked copy

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ISBN: 9780198502562
Oxford University Press | 01 January 1998
Hardback | 242 pages
We live on a wonderful planet that not only teams with life, but shows a marvellous exuberance of form and variety. From condors crossing tropical storms at altitude as high as 6000 meters, to microscopic bacteria living many kilometers below the Earth's crust, life is pervasive. No one yetknow the precise total of species that presently inhabit the Earth, nor how many once existed but are now extinct, but the total must run into many millions. Within such a vast array of life, it is perhaps surprising that only one species, ourselves, is able to understand and to invistigate itsorigins. because we are in so many ways different from any other life form that has evolved on Earth, how do we know that our origins and history can be traced here, rather than as extra-terrestrial immigrants? The reason is simple: our evolutionary pedigree is stamped on every feature of ourfaces and bodies, and by looking at the fossil record,… Read More

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Hardcover. 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. 1998

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Oxford University Press, 1998-05-07. hardcover. Used:Good.