the-archiver 124 years ago
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The Cambrian Explosion

The Cambrian explosion or Cambrian radiation was an event approximately 541 million years ago in the Cambrian period when most major animal phyla appeared in the fossil record.

It lasted for about 20 - 25 million years. It resulted in the divergence of most modern metazoan phyla. The event was accompanied by major diversification of other organisms.


Before the Cambrian explosion, most organisms were simple, composed of individual cells occasionally organized into colonies. Over the following 70 to 80 million years, the rate of diversification accelerated, and the variety of life began to resemble that of today. Almost all present animal phyla appeared during this period.


The Cambrian explosion has generated extensive scientific debate.


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