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Cambrian Explosion

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Cambrian Explosion
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The rapid diversification of multicellular animal life around the beginning of the Cambrian Period, resulting in the appearance of almost all modern animal phyla.
Cambrian Explosion
The rapid diversification of multicellular animal life that took place around the beginning of the Cambrian Period. It resulted in the appearance of almost all modern animal phyla. See Note at Burgess Shale.
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The Cambrian explosion is often cited as the inaugural ball of animal evolution, a period of roughly 20 million years that began about 520 million years ago, and a time when representatives of many of today's major animal groups became established.
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