Researchers have found cannibalized human remains from at least 11 people in El Mirador cave in northern Spain, suggesting it ...

Exceptionally preserved Cambrian fossils uncovered in the Grand Canyon show how evolution accelerated in resource-rich waters ...

Soft-bodied Cambrian fossils found in the Grand Canyon reveals how early animals evolved complex feeding systems over 500 million years ago.

Researchers at the University of Arizona analyzed the fossilized brain of Mollisonia symmetrica, an extinct Cambrian-period species once thought to be an ancestor of horseshoe crabs.

Recently unearthed fossils from the Cambrian period shed light on a key stage of evolution, when life became much more complex.

A stunning new fossil find from the Grand Canyon fills in some blanks from a time when evolution began experimenting with weird new forms. Frustratingly, fossils from later in the Cambrian period ...

Ancient Origins articles related to Cambrian period in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and myths ...

However, he is keenly interested in the Cambrian explosion, the period when complex life appeared in the oceans about 540 million years ago.

During the Cambrian, the Grand Canyon was much closer to the equator than it is today, and conditions were perfect for supporting a wide range of life.