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- catalog contributor b10631028.
- catalog coverage "Burgess Shale (B.C.)".
- catalog coverage "Yoho National Park (B.C.)".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "1. The imprint of evolution. Introduction. Evolution: why no consensus? -- 2. Setting the scene. Overview: the structure of life. First animals: the Ediacaran conundrum -- 3. The discovery of the Burgess Shale. Tantalizing hints. Walcott's triumph. The Cambridge campaign. Two mistakes -- 4. Journey to the Burgess Shale. Departure. The submersible descends. Mud-dwellers. Mud-stickers. Strollers, walkers, and crawlers. Swimmers and floaters. Catastrophe. Ascent to the surface -- 5. The search for new Burgess Shales. Greenland. Laurentia. Chengjiang -- 6. The significance of the Burgess Shale. Wonderful life? The Cambrian 'explosion'. The molecular background. Animal architecture. A dangerous world. The unfolding ecological theatre -- 7. Animal architecture and the origin of body plans. Introduction. The Burgess Shale arthropods: early views. Cladistics to the rescue? Cambrian arthropods: the emergence of a synthesis. The story of Wiwaxia. News from Greenland -- 8. Other worlds. Rerunning the tape. How weird is the Burgess Shale? The concept of disparity -- 9. Last word -- App. 3. Localities.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p.[225]-231) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 242 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Crucible of creation.".
- catalog identifier "0198502567 (hbk)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Crucible of creation.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Crucible of creation.".
- catalog spatial "British Columbia Yoho National Park.".
- catalog spatial "Burgess Shale (B.C.)".
- catalog spatial "Yoho National Park (B.C.)".
- catalog subject "562/.09711/68 21".
- catalog subject "Evolution (Biology)".
- catalog subject "Fossils British Columbia Yoho National Park.".
- catalog subject "Invertebrates, Fossil British Columbia Yoho National Park.".
- catalog subject "Paleontology Cambrian.".
- catalog subject "Paleontology Precambrian.".
- catalog subject "QE770 .C67 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The imprint of evolution. Introduction. Evolution: why no consensus? -- 2. Setting the scene. Overview: the structure of life. First animals: the Ediacaran conundrum -- 3. The discovery of the Burgess Shale. Tantalizing hints. Walcott's triumph. The Cambridge campaign. Two mistakes -- 4. Journey to the Burgess Shale. Departure. The submersible descends. Mud-dwellers. Mud-stickers. Strollers, walkers, and crawlers. Swimmers and floaters. Catastrophe. Ascent to the surface -- 5. The search for new Burgess Shales. Greenland. Laurentia. Chengjiang -- 6. The significance of the Burgess Shale. Wonderful life? The Cambrian 'explosion'. The molecular background. Animal architecture. A dangerous world. The unfolding ecological theatre -- 7. Animal architecture and the origin of body plans. Introduction. The Burgess Shale arthropods: early views. Cladistics to the rescue? Cambrian arthropods: the emergence of a synthesis. The story of Wiwaxia. News from Greenland -- 8. Other worlds. Rerunning the tape. How weird is the Burgess Shale? The concept of disparity -- 9. Last word -- App. 3. Localities.".
- catalog title "The crucible of creation : the Burgess Shale and the rise of animals / Simon Conway Morris.".
- catalog type "text".