The Cambrian explosion, long hailed as one of the most significant events in the history of life on Earth, has now been ...

The Cambrian Explosion is a landmark moment in the history of life on Earth when many of the major groups of animals first ...

Cambrian Explosion: New timeline for appearances of skeletal animals in fossil record Date: November 10, 2010 Source: University of California - Santa Barbara Summary: Beginning around 542 million ...

Learn more about a time period marked by an intense burst of evolution. 3 min read The Cambrian period, part of the Paleozoic era, produced the most intense burst of evolution ever known. The ...

The Cambrian explosion is one of the most important intervals in the history of life. Now, new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) is revealing that this ...

Dickinsonia, the earliest known animal, lived before the Cambrian explosion, providing a new timeline for paleontology's 'Holy Grail'.

New 'Dune'-like Selkirkia worm species rewrites ancient history : Short Wave 500 million years ago, the world was a very different place. During this period of time, known as the Cambrian period ...

Fossils offer a glimpse into Earth's ancient life, revealing the origins and evolution of complex organisms. Discoveries like ...

A new look at 500-million-year-old fossils may shake up our understanding of the Cambrian explosion's evolutionary track.

(Image via Juan David Martinez/Business Insider) That said, he did provide a Phanerozoic timeline at the bottom which breaks each era down into 5 million year chunks starting at the Cambrian Era ...