A new study reveals the ‘faecal revolution’ that kicked off the existence of most major animal groups.
New research suggests ancient feces helped fuel marine life during the Cambrian Explosion.
The Cambrian Explosion in which life on Earth underwent massive diversification was likely triggered by eccentricities in Earth’s orbit around our Sun. Or so say the authors of a new paper just ...
For decades, scientists have wondered what triggered the sudden "explosion" of complex animal life on Earth. This new hypothesis suggests that the answer isn't found in shells or legs, but in the ...
Learn how a fossil from Utah’s Wheeler Formation reveals where early spider relatives lived, how quickly complex animal body plans emerged after the Cambrian Explosion, and why those traits took ...
The Cambrian is a geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, spanning approximately 539–485 million years ago, characterized by a major diversification of multicellular life known as the Cambrian explosion ...