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 was an extraordinary phenomenon in the evolution of life on the planet that led to the emergence of ...

A new fossil study reveals that teeth began as skin sensors, helping explain why modern teeth still react painfully to cold ...

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

A new study of ancient fossil trails pushes the origins of complex life deeper into Earth’s history, before the Cambrian Period began.

Disagreement over the Utah and China fossils aside, Lieberman notes that the new study helps underscore the Cambrian as a critical time for jellyfish evolution.

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

The Anomalocaris canadensis, a long arthropod with spiny claws resembling a shrimp, is thought to have been a major predator during the Cambrian era. But in one fossil Moysiuk's team worked with ...

Fossils of any type of jellyfish are extremely rare, according to the study. The new study helps underscore the Cambrian period as a critical time for jellyfish evolution.

This seems to have solved the mystery of how the starfish got its arms. But it doesn’t necessarily answer the ‘why’. Imran ...

The fossil, named Shishania aculeata, hails from 500-million-year-old Cambrian deposits in Yunnan Province, southern China, a region world-renowned for its remarkably preserved snapshots of ...