“What we see in the fossil record is not a random branching bush, but a series of constrained channels leading to specific outcomes.”

— Simon Conway Morris

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About Simon Conway Morris

Scientist • British

Simon Conway Morris is an eminent British palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist renowned for his extensive work on the fossils of the Burgess Shale. His detailed studies of the Cambrian explosion revealed a...

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