The Cambrian Explosion is a landmark moment in the history of life on Earth when many of the major groups of animals first ...

The Cambrian explosion, long hailed as one of the most significant events in the history of life on Earth, has now been ...

Fossils offer a glimpse into Earth's ancient life, revealing the origins and evolution of complex organisms. Discoveries like ...

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

New fossil evidence suggests the Cambrian Explosion, once thought to have occurred 530 million years ago, may have begun 15 ...

The authors have focused on the study of trace fossils in the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition, “a period of recognized palaeoevolutionary interest that was a turning point in the evolution of complex ...

Ikaria wariootia existed during the Ediacaran period, a period of time prior to the renowned Cambrian explosion.

Chengdu University of Technology-led research has established a high-resolution astrochronological framework spanning approximately 57.6 million years of the early Ediacaran Period. This ...

Everyone has a past. That includes the millions of species of insects, arachnids, and nematode worms that make up a major animal group called the Ecdysozoa.

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 ...

This fossil find is significant, as the preservation of soft-bodied marine animals from the Ediacaran period – which spanned 635 to 538 million years ago – is incredibly rare, and of the 100 ...