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Categories: Evolution of the biosphere
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Cambrian explosion  Evolution's big bang  Evolutionary big bang  Cambrian radiation  Cambrian revolution
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The Cambrian explosion, Cambrian radiation, Cambrian diversification, or the Biological Big Bang refers to an interval of time approximately 538.8 million years ago in the Cambrian Period of early Paleozoic when there was a sudden radiation of complex life and practically all major animal phyla started appearing in the fossil record. Wikipedia
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The Cambrian explosion, Cambrian radiation, Cambrian diversification, or the Biological Big Bang refers to an interval of time approximately 538.8 million years ago in the Cambrian Period of early Paleozoic when there was a sudden radiation of complex life and practically all major animal phyla started appearing in the fossil record. Wikipedia
Portion of the Cambrian Period during which life vastly diversified Wikidata
The relatively rapid appearance, during the Cambrian Period around 541 million years ago, of most major animal phyla, as demonstrated in the fossil record. Wiktionary
The rapid appearance, around 541 million years ago, of most major animal phyla. Wiktionary (translation)
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