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Cambrian Period

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Chinese Fossil Trove Pushes Complex Animal Origins Into the Ediacaran

The Jiangchuan Biota’s soft-bodied fossils narrow the rocks-versus-clocks gap by showing Cambrian-style anatomy in older layers.

Oldest Chelicerate Fossil Dates to 500 Million Years Ago

500-Million-Year-Old Chelicerate Pushes Back Spider Lineage by 20 Million Years

Huayuan Biota From China Unveils Deep-Water Cambrian Life After Early Mass Extinction

First Soft-Bodied Cambrian Fossils Found in Grand Canyon Reveal Evolutionary ‘Goldilocks Zone’