What caused the Cambrian explosion?
August 27, 2015
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as posted by the channelFor most of the Earth's history, life consisted of the simplest organisms; but then something happened that would give rise to staggering diversity, and, ultimately, life as complex as that which we see today. Scientists are still struggling to figure out just what that was.
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