Cambrian explosion

Tea is so tame. A cocktail is lots more naughty. ~Richard Florance, "It: The Usual Play with an Unusual Ending," in The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, December 1915

Anomalocaris sp. (Early to Mid Cambrian 520 - 499Ma) Life Restoration by Gabriel Ugueto

Cambrian Era

One of several severe problems facing gradualists and Darwinists alike is the occurrence of what has come to be known as ‘the Cambrian explosion’ which took place around 530 million years ago. In 1992, evolutionary biologist Jeffrey Levington described the period as ‘evolutionary biology’s deepest paradox,’[i] and if one delves further into the facts regarding this incredible geological epoch it is easy to see why.

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The sheer number of new startups forming and getting funded these days is dizzying. It’s never been easier to start a company to harness new technologies and turn them into products. Traditional venture capital may not even be able to keep up with it. We are at the beginnings of what may very well become a Cambrian Explosion of startups, which will have implications well beyond the technology industry to the entire economy. We’ve spent the last 15 years building out the tethered Web. The…

“Hallucigenia fight! Imagine them throwing insults at each other (using very high pitched voices) and softly hitting each other with their tentacles 😂 This recon is one of the numerous illustrations I did for the “Extinct” series (first three books out May 13th) #paleoart #sciart”

Eva Jablonka is “one of the world’s foremost experts in epigenetic inheritance and evolution” but she has also had a longstanding interest in consciousness studies. She was author, with Marion J. Lamb, of Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life (MIT Press 2006/rev. 2014).

The Cambrian Explosion –“Supernova of Biology Detonated by Plate Tectonics” The quest to discover what drove one of the most important...

An evolutionary burst 540 million years ago filled the seas with an astonishing diversity of animals. The trigger behind that revolution is finally coming into focus.

10 Important and Overlooked Animal Groups from History

Reuters reports: Spiky oddball prowled ocean half billion years ago Saturday March 03, 2007 WASHINGTON – A spectacularly quirky creature with long, curved spines protruding from its armored b…