Sunday, December 11, 2011

Burgess Shale....?

The Burgess Shale was founded by Charles Walcott in 1909. The Burgess Shale is signifiant because of its ability to preserve soft body fossils. It's located in the Canadian Rockies. The Burgess Shale is one of the most celebrated fossil fields.
 

The Burgess Shale played a huge role in the Cambrian Explosion. The Cambrian Explosion was a rapid increase and appearance of different types of organisms, which later became the fossils found at Burgess Shale. There is still much debate about the Cambrian Explosion and how it came to be. The Cambrian Explosion serves as a main source of evidence for Darwin and the theory of evolution. Lots of fossils get destroyed by erosion and metamorphism which are some of the difficulties archeologists come in contact with. These fossils serve as huge evidence for new discoveries and theories. Yes, the Cambrian Explosion still possesses unanswered questions and the Burgess Shale is still being used today to find those answers. But what would life be if there were answers to every question?

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