Not being a science major, or really having much interest in science, it was difficult for me to fully immerse myself in this topic. I had the impression that the only idea of ​​evolution was that of forward progress, what we all see in advertisements and on Google when we type "evolution". In stark contrast to this idea of ​​evolution, Stephen J Gould presents a less narrow idea of ​​evolution. He left part of the decision to chance and demonstrated this theory by discussing it within the Cambrian Burgess Shale. More specifically, there are two main themes represented in this book by Stephen J Gould: showing evolution as a ladder or a cone, and if it were possible to "play the tape of evolution" the results would be considerably different and in particular that the humans might not by that outcome. Being the curious person that I am, after reading A Wonderful Life I researched several theories about evolutionary history. There was one that particularly caught my attention and seemed to be very much in line with Gould's ideas on evolution. ...