Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, authorJoint Publication Board of Zygon, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032005Rolston, Holmes, III, Inevitable Humans: Simon Conway Morris's Evolutionary Paleontology, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 40, no. 1 (March 2005): 221-229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2005.00654.xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/37446This is an electronic version of an article published in Zygon®: Journal of Religion and Science.Book review of Simon Conway Morris's Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe.Includes bibliographical references (page 229).Simon Conway Morris, noted Cambridge University paleontologist, argues that in evolutionary natural history humans (or beings rather like humans) are an inevitable outcome of the developing speciating processes over millennia. This claim, in marked contrast to claims about contingency made by other prominent paleontologists, is based on numerous remarkable convergences--similar trends found repeatedly in evolutionary history. Conway Morris concludes facing a natural theology. His argument is powerful and informed. But does it face adequately the surprising events that redirect the course of life? The challenge to understand how humans are both "on a continuum" with other species and also "utterly different" remains a central puzzle in paleontology.born digital|reviews (documents)eng©2005 Joint Publication Board of Zygon.Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.nature and cultureConway Morris, S. (Simon)convergenceco-optionevolutionhuman uniquenessnatural theologyorigin of humanspossibility spaceself-organizing complexityTexthttps://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2005.00654.x