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

The Cambrian Explosion: For most of the nearly 4 billion years that life has existed on Earth, evolution produced little beyond bacteria, plankton, and multi-celled algae.But beginning about 600 ...

Cambrian Explosion: Major Fossil Study Challenges Theories of Animal Evolution 540 Million Years Ago Published May 22, 2018 at 8:17 AM EDT Updated May 22, 2018 at 11:52 AM EDT ...

The Cambrian explosion, in other words, was just one burst in the middle of a protracted fireworks display. “I think it’s a valuable reframing of the story,” says Phoebe Cohen , a ...

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

The Cambrian period, running between 570 and 530 million years ago, marks a critical point in the history of life on earth. Prior to that, there are few fossils of multicellular animals. Within ...

The Cambrian explosion is often presented as a chaotic moment in early evolutionary history (Image credit: canbedone via Getty Images) A cursory flip through any high school biology textbook will ...

'A Cambrian Explosion': AI's Radical Reshaping of Your Phone, Coming Soon. Story by Lisa Eadicicco • 2w. In sci-fi shows like Westworld and The Expanse, characters use evolved mobile devices ...

The Cambrian Explosion: For most of the nearly 4 billion years that life has existed on Earth, evolution produced little beyond bacteria, plankton, and multi-celled algae.But beginning about 600 ...