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Graham Shields

Professor of Geology, University College London, UK

Graham Shields is professor of geology at University College London. His most recent book Born of Ice and Fire: How Glaciers and Volcanoes (and a Pinch of Salt) Drove Animal Evolution (2024) weighs the evidence for Snowball Earth and asks how that extraordinary event may have helped lead the way to greater biological complexity.

Written by Graham Shields