The Cambrian explosion was an extraordinary phenomenon in the evolution of life on the planet that led to the emergence of many animal phyla and the diversification of species. During this period ...

The Cambrian explosion may have happened much earlier The study quantitatively indicates that organisms with slender body profiles thrived around 545 million years ago.

The history of life on Earth is not a peaceful one. Rather than a constant upward trajectory of evolution, it’s been billions of years of boom-and-bust cycles – first an explosion of life, and ...

A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian explosion—the dramatic burst of diverse animal life—might have actually started millions of years earlier than we thought. By analyzing ...

The Cambrian explosion may have happened much earlier The study published in Geology quantitatively indicates that organisms with slender body profiles thrived around 545 million years ago.

Japanese officials say an explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at a U.S. military base on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa injured four Japanese soldiers.