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HARUN YAHYA
On 31 August, 1909, this experienced paleontologist paid yet
another research visit to Burgess. But this day was very different: At
the beginning, the investigation he carried on that day appeared to
be a very ordinary one. But it turned out to be one of the greatest dis-
coveries in the history of paleontology.
The bedrock in Burgess Shale consists of schist—a rock consist-
ing of thin strata, or layers. When struck at the appropriate angles,
the rock can be easily split into thin plates, thus revealing the fossils
inside them. Thus on that day, Walcott came by the first Cambrian
fossil in Burgess Shale. He marked the location of the fossil in order
to begin a detailed investigation later on. Upon resuming his re-
search, he obtained findings that were invaluable in paleontological
terms.
In the course of the investigations he carried out in those years,
