21 LIFE GOES ON
se it just as mammalsbided time for a il t fort, so too perriploblastsed in semimicroscopic anonymity for t Ediacaran organisms to ey: “e kno mammals increased in size quite dramatically after t—te abruptly I of course mean it in a geological sense.
e’re still talking millions of years.”
Incidentally, Reginald Sprigg did eventually get a measure of overdue credit. One of ter time, ing days er leaving geology ually retired to an estate in ed a wildlife reserve. he died in 1994 a rich man.