In turn, the predator evolved stronger methods to breach the tougher shells, creating a textbook example of an evolutionary "arms race." This finding agrees with the Cambrian explosion—a period ...

“Predator-prey interactions are often touted as a major driver of the Cambrian explosion, especially about the rapid increase ...

The Cambrian Explosion saw an incredible diversity of ... helped to protect them in seas that were increasingly filled with predators. With many varieties and sizes—they ranged from a millimeter ...

With the explosion of life in Earth’s seas ... Anomalocaris could be considered the T. rex of the Cambrian. It was the largest predator to actively search out prey to munch on.

This stunning and unique evolutionary flowering is termed the "Cambrian explosion," taking the name of the geological age in whose early part it occurred. But it was not as rapid as an explosion ...

Reconstruction of Anomalocaris, a formidable predator from the Cambrian Period This dramatic increase in animal diversity, 545 to 530 million years ago, is known as the Cambrian explosion. The ...

As predators evolved claws to grasp and mouths ... factor that brought oblivion to the Ediacarans and triggered the Cambrian explosion—there also were changes in ocean chemistry that allowed ...

Scientists who study such things call this the "Cambrian explosion" because it was a period of rapid evolution. Major animal groups emerged, competition and predation for food resources increased ...

This stunning and unique evolutionary flowering is termed the "Cambrian explosion," taking the name of the geological age in whose early part it occurred. But it was not as rapid as an explosion ...