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The Cambrian Evidence That Darwin Failed to Comprehend
Burgess Shale Fauna: Discovery of A Miracle
The differences between the creatures that suddenly appear in the
Cambrian are enormous. In fact these differences are so large many of
these animals are one of a kind. Nothing like them existed before and
nothing like them has ever appeared again. 44
Charles Doolittle Walcott was a paleontologist and the secre-
tary (1907-1927) of the Smithsonian Institution, America’s national
museum. He learned that railway workers in the Burgess region
near the Canadian Rocky Mountains had discovered a number of
fossils, and made visits to the area to see for himself and look for
specimens of the fossils in question, beginning in July 1907.
Canadian Rockies
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