So, talk to me about the Cambrian Explosion por favor.

[wasteofo2]

So, talk to me about the "Cambrian Explosion" por favor.

Does anyone have a link to any interesting/informative essays, or feel like just typing some stuff about the Cambrian explosion? I've heard all sorts of fun stuff about it, like 40 or so phyla evolved in like 5 million years, the majority of the different species that have ever existed existed and died then etc. and I'd just like to learn more about it in general.

Thanks a lot for educating me better than my teachers ever could,
Jacob

 

[Nereid]

This site may be a good place to start. It's relatively brief, and without knowing what sort of depth you are looking for - or background you have - it's not easy to pick something 'just right'

 

[ryokan]

Does anyone have a link to any interesting/informative essays, or feel like just typing some stuff about the Cambrian explosion? I've heard all sorts of fun stuff about it, like 40 or so phyla evolved in like 5 million years, the majority of the different species that have ever existed existed and died then etc. and I'd just like to learn more about it in general.

Thanks a lot for educating me better than my teachers ever could,
Jacob

I suggest the Gould's book entitled Wonderful Life. The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History. 1989.