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

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.

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 ...

University of California, RiversideMany experts didn’t think such tiny prehistoric fossils would ever be found. Fortunately, modern technology proved them wrong. Researchers have uncovered evidence of ...

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 ...

Other rocks that formed during the same time period in other parts of the world lack this transitional evidence because ancient glaciers most likely scraped it off.