When life exploded. (cover story)

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  • Author(s): Nash, J. Madeleine
  • Source:
    TIME Magazine. 12/4/1995, Vol. 146 Issue 23, p66. 9p. 14 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      CAMBRIAN stratigraphic geology; EVOLUTIONARY theories
    • Subject Terms:
      BURGESS Shale (B.C.); BRITISH Columbia; CANADA
    • Abstract:
      Exploits new information which paints a very different picture of the Earth in the days of the Cambrian era than what had been previously thought. The abrupt appearance of an astonishing array of multicelled animals during the Cambrian era; Evolutionary theories; Reasons for the explosion of life during the Cambrian era; Types of animals, such as Ottoia, Wiwaxia, Hallucigenia and Waptia; The Burgess Shale outcropping in the Canadian Rockies; More.