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June 26, 2015

On The Cambrian Explosion



This definition from Wikipedia will suffice: The Cambrian explosion, or less commonly Cambrian radiation, was the relatively short evolutionary event, beginning around 542 million years ago in the Cambrian Period, during which most major animal phyla appeared, as indicated by the fossil record.


What caused this sudden emergence of complex animals, the origin of the first Bilaterians?