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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 ...
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.
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.
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.
Incredibly well-preserved fossils of the oldest swimming jellyfish, which lived 505 million years ago, were discovered at a famed fossil site in Canada. CNN values your feedback 1.
The Cambrian fossil Protomelission was identified in 2021 as a type of coral-like animal called a bryozoan, but new specimens make it look more like a kind of green algae. Close.
This seems to have solved the mystery of how the starfish got its arms. But it doesn’t necessarily answer the ‘why’. Imran ...