![]() ![]() ![]() This model presents the procession of apes, each standing more upright than the last, ending in humanity. Gould begins his book by talking about the popular models of evolution.The first is the March of Progress, which is the one that you are probably most familiar with. Īlthough many of Gould’s reconstructions are outdated, having been published in 1989, his writing is still very much relevant to this day, as the very same popular misconceptions about evolution that he debunks are still widespread in modern times. He backs this up through a narrative of the ancient fossil bed known as the Burgess Shale. Instead, Gould argues that evolution is a series of decimations, followed by diversification of the few lucky survivors. His central thesis is that evolution is not a linear progression of less-to-more advanced forms, as is popularly thought. In his book Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History, paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould enthralls the reader with his captivating theory of the deep past. ![]()
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