How and why the Cambrian explosion occurred has been the subject of debate ever since fossils of this remarkable event were first discovered. The Cambrian Period, 539 million to 485 million years ago, ...

If you trace the animal family tree back through the fossil record, the trail usually goes cold about 539 million years ago.

Around 540 million years ago, the ocean erupted with complex life: Creatures rapidly transformed from simple, soft-bodied, ...

Chinese scientists have discovered well-preserved multicellular animal fossils in Ediacaran strata of eastern Yunnan, indicating that complex animal communities existed in oceans long before the ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in southwest China is rewriting the story of how complex animal life began, showing that many key animal groups appeared millions of years earlier than scientists once ...

Hundreds of Chinese fossils from the dawn of animal evolution may change how scientists think of this critical period of ...

Fossils from China reveal complex animals existed before the Cambrian explosion, reshaping the timeline of early animal ...

A newly discovered trove of fossils in southwestern China is shifting the timeline of when complex animals evolved.

A remarkable assemblage of fossils from China is revealing that animal life diversified in Earth’s primordial seas millions of years earlier than previously known, with an array of forms including ...

Fossils in China show that complex animals existed before the Cambrian explosion, changing our understanding of how life ...

The discovery of a new fossil site in China has revealed exceptionally well-preserved specimens from the Ediacaran Period.