Cambrian Explosion

The Oxygen Revolution: How Earth’s Oceans Breathed New Life into Evolution

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The Oxygen Revolution: How Ocean Oxygenation Drove Evolution

Imagine a world shrouded in perpetual twilight, the oceans thick and stagnant, teeming with life, yet bound by the very air it breathed. For billions of years, this was the reality of Earth’s early oceans. Then, a quiet revolution began, a slow, inexorable rise in oxygen levels that would fundamentally reshape marine ecosystems and ignite … Read more

Echoes of the Cambrian Explosion: A 500-Million-Year-Old Fossil Solves an Evolutionary Puzzle

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500 Million-Year-Old Fossil Solves Major Evolutionary Mystery

Imagine a world teeming with life, but not as we know it. A vibrant, alien landscape from half a billion years ago, during the Cambrian Period. This was an era of unprecedented evolutionary innovation, often called the ‘Cambrian Explosion,’ a time when the blueprints for most modern animal life were laid down. Yet, for decades, … Read more