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SUMMARY:Evolution lecture : Darwin's Dilemma - The Burgess Shale and The C
 ambrian Explosion - Prof. Simon Conway Morris
DTSTART:20061207T190000Z
DTEND:20061207T200000Z
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CONTACT:John Wilkins
DESCRIPTION:The sudden appearance of animals about half a billion years ag
 o has long puzzled scientists. What\, if any\, were the triggers for this 
 massive diversification\, and is our understanding somehow incomplete? Key
  to the solution are the fossils from the Burgess Shale and similar deposi
 ts in Greenland and China. Many of the animals look as though they stepped
  from the pages of science fiction\, but in fact they hold the key to some
  of evolution's great mysteries\, not least where we humans came from. And
  the story is by no means finished\, because this in turn raises questions
  of whether evolution has deeper patterns.\n\nProf Conway Morris is the au
 thor of several books\, including 'The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess S
 hale and the Rise of Animals' (1999) and 'Life's Solution: Inevitable Huma
 ns in a Lonely Universe' (2003).\n
LOCATION:Unilever Lecture Theatre\, Unilever Centre\, Chemistry\, Departme
 nt of
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