Then, suddenly, everything changed. The long snooze gave way to the Cambrian explosion, the most rapid, creative period of evolution in the history of our planet. In the blink of a geologic eye ...

"The mystery started to unfurl once we found ... That tells something profound about how complex body plans evolved during the Cambrian explosion—the evolutionary burst that gave rise to all ...

The Cambrian Explosion: A Burst of Life and Innovation ... For many, it represents the wild creativity of evolution and the mystery of Earth’s distant past. Children and adults alike are ...

The Grand Canyon may rewrite the textbooks on the Cambrian Explosion—a key turning point in Earth's history when there was a sudden boom in complex life and the emergence of all the major animal ...

Nilpena Ediacara National Park in South Australia is well known for its collection of fossils from the Ediacaran period—a geologic timespan that predates the Cambrian explosion. An international ...

"At the moment, we are at the beginning of a Cambrian explosion of devices and sensors," she says. AI arrives to breathe new life into the smartphone Phones have eyes (and voices) Smarter software ...

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 ...