num_pages: 316
description: Between 543 and 538 million years ago, something remarkable happened. After hundreds of millions of years of gradual and painstaking evolution, suddenly the process exploded into life. For the first time animals evolved hard external parts. For the first time there was evidence of active predation, with both hunters and hun
language: English
title: In the Blink of an Eye : How Vision Kick-Started the Big Bang of Evolution
titlecomplete: In the Blink of an Eye : How Vision Kick-Started the Big Bang of Evolution
genres: History, Biology, Science, Palaeontology, Earth Sciences, Nonfiction, Evolution
ratings_count: 244
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Guardian First Book Award
category: Also Commended
publisher: SCRIBNER