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

“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 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 ...

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 700–1,300 feet-wide space rock deformed rocks more than six miles from the impact site when it hit 600 million years ago.

Before this time, bacteria and other simple microscopic organisms lived alongside Ediacaran fauna, mysterious, soft-bodied creatures that scientists know little about.

“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, ...