The Cambrian explosion saw life take on a staggering array of forms around 539 million years ago, a few of which are recognizable as the ancestors of modern branches of the tree of life. Others ...

3 min read The Cambrian period, part of the Paleozoic era, produced the most intense burst of evolution ever known. The Cambrian Explosion ... filled with predators. With many varieties and ...

It was the time of the Cambrian Explosion, an eruption of life when ... For the first time, some animals became predators. This put immense selection pressure on species, resulting in a rapid ...

The Ediacaran-Cambrian transition ... the drivers of this evolutionary explosion, but many point to the rise of predation and its accompanying arms races. Predators, such as arrow worms, reshaped ...