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by Stratigraphy.net
New from Snet: Lithologs, a new tool to create lithological/sedimentological logs online..

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Cambrian Explosion in Arthropods

The incredible burst of innovation in animals' body plans and habits during the Cambrian explosion, between 540 and 520 million years ago, can be explained by a reasonable uptick in evolutionary rates. The discovery, based on the first rigorous estimates of early evolutionary rates in arthropods, shows that evolution's "big bang" is compatible with natural selection as Darwin envisioned it,

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