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- catalog abstract ""Here, for the first time, Oxford zoologist Andrew Parker reveals his theory of this great flourishing of life. Parker's astounding explanation is that it was the development of vision in primitive animals that caused the explosion. Precambrian creatures were unable to see, making it difficult to find friend or foe. With the evolution of the eye, the size, shape, color, and behavior of animals was suddenly revealed. Once the lights were "turned on," there was enormous pressure to evolve hard external parts as defenses and clasping limbs to grab prey. The animal kingdom exploded into life, and the country of the blind became a teeming mass of hunters and hunted, all scrambling for their place on the evolutionary tree."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12817801.
- catalog coverage "Burgess Shale (B.C.)".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Here, for the first time, Oxford zoologist Andrew Parker reveals his theory of this great flourishing of life. Parker's astounding explanation is that it was the development of vision in primitive animals that caused the explosion. Precambrian creatures were unable to see, making it difficult to find friend or foe. With the evolution of the eye, the size, shape, color, and behavior of animals was suddenly revealed. Once the lights were "turned on," there was enormous pressure to evolve hard external parts as defenses and clasping limbs to grab prey. The animal kingdom exploded into life, and the country of the blind became a teeming mass of hunters and hunted, all scrambling for their place on the evolutionary tree."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Evolution's big bang -- The virtual life of fossils -- The infusion of light -- When darkness descends -- Light, time and evolution -- Colour in the Cambrian? -- The making of a sense -- The killer instinct -- The solution -- End of story?".
- catalog extent "xviii, 316 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "In the blink of an eye.".
- catalog identifier "0738206075".
- catalog identifier "0743219805".
- catalog isFormatOf "In the blink of an eye.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, MA : Perseus Pub.,".
- catalog relation "In the blink of an eye.".
- catalog spatial "Burgess Shale (B.C.)".
- catalog subject "560/.1723 22".
- catalog subject "Evolution (Biology)".
- catalog subject "Invertebrates, Fossil.".
- catalog subject "Paleontology Cambrian.".
- catalog subject "QE770 .P37 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Evolution's big bang -- The virtual life of fossils -- The infusion of light -- When darkness descends -- Light, time and evolution -- Colour in the Cambrian? -- The making of a sense -- The killer instinct -- The solution -- End of story?".
- catalog title "In the blink of an eye / Andrew Parker.".
- catalog type "text".