Letter: Glorious failure

Published 9 May 2007

From Bryn Glover

Guy Narbonne describes Ediacaran life forms that existed for tens of millions of years as “failed” (14 April, p 34). Would that humanity had the slightest chance of lasting as long.

Cracoe, North Yorkshire, UK

Issue no. 2603 published 12 May 2007

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