“The Ediacaran fauna was dominated by complex, multicellular soft-bodied organisms,” explained Miguez Salas, much of which were lost forever in the Cambrian. The few that did survive left trace ...

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

A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian explosion—the dramatic burst of diverse animal life—might have actually started millions of years earlier than we thought. By analyzing ancient ...

The Ediacaran Period, which lasted from 635 to 541 million years ago, was home to a unique group of organisms known as the Ediacaran fauna.These soft-bodied creatures, which included Dickinsonia ...

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

Dating of the rock formations revealed that the Ediacaran fauna was more than 550 million years old, quite a sensation at the time, as nobody expected complex life to appear so early in Earth's ...

Another possible explanation is that Ediacaran fauna lived on, but the conditions necessary for preserving Ediacaran fossils existed only until 550 million years ago.

Droser and her team have made several significant Ediacaran biota discoveries in the area. In 2020, they found the oldest bilaterian — animals with a head, tail, belly, and back —in the world.

University of Rochester researchers uncovered compelling evidence that Earth’s magnetic field was in a highly unusual state when the macroscopic animals of the Ediacaran Period—635 to 541 ...

Near-collapse of the geomagnetic field may have contributed to atmospheric oxygenation and animal radiation in the Ediacaran Period. Communications Earth & Environment , 2024; 5 (1) DOI: 10.1038 ...

“The Ediacaran fauna was dominated by complex, multicellular soft-bodied organisms. The transition to the Cambrian involved the extinction of much of the Ediacara fauna, ...