Preface and acknowledgments. The iconography of an expectation -- A background for the Burgess shale -- Reconstruction of the Burgess shale toward a new view of life -- The Burgess drama -- Walcott's vision and the nature of history -- Possible worlds: the power of "just history" -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Index
Summary
Explains why the diversity of the Burgess Shale is important in understanding our past and evolution
Analysis
Burgess Shale
Burgess shale Fossils
Evolution - History
Fossils - Canada - British Columbia
Invertebrates, Fossil
Invertebrates, Fossil - British Columbia - Yoho National Park
Palaeontology - Cambrian
Paleontology - British Columbia - Yoho National Park
Paleontology - Cambrian
Paleontology - Philosophy
Yoho National Park (B.C.)
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-335) and index