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Wonderful Life

The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

Book • 1989

Stephen Jay Gould

In *Wonderful Life*, Stephen Jay Gould delves into the Cambrian period's explosion of life forms, using the Burgess Shale as a case study to argue that evolution is shaped by contingency rather than a linear progression towards complexity.

He highlights the diversity of ancient life and how chance events influenced the survival of certain species over others.

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Peter Godfrey-Smith

Richard Dawkins

Michael Shermer

Sean B. Carroll

Mentioned in 6 episodes

Mentioned by

Robert Greene as the author of a book about the Cambrian explosion.

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Mentioned by Peter Godfrey-Smith when discussing the contingency of evolutionary processes.

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Mentioned by Peter Godfrey-Smith when discussing Cambrian fossils.

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Richard Dawkins when discussing his disagreements with Stephen Jay Gould on punctuated equilibrium and multi-level selection.

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Michael Shermer in relation to the movie 'Wonderful Life'.

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Mentioned by Sean B. Carroll in a discussion about the repeatability of evolution.

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Patrick Moore while discussing the Cambrian explosion and early life forms.

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