Tag Archives: Cambrian Explosion

Main image: Dorothy Hill (center) overseeing a group of field geology students. Inset: Illustrations of various coral structures documented and researched by Dorothy Hill.
1934: Dorothy Hill – Pioneering Coral Geology Research

Dorothy Hill's groundbreaking research in coral geology helped unravel the history and evolution of corals, marking her as a key figure in paleontology

An artist's rendition of Ichthyostega, a 5-foot-long transitional vertebrate blending fish features like a tail and gills with amphibian traits such as a skull and limbs
c. 375 Million BCE: The Dawn of Land Animals – From Fish to Tetrapods

Explores the emergence of complex multicellular life 550 million years ago, including the first vertebrates and tetrapods, highlighting Ichthyostega, one of the earliest creatures to venture onto land, and the profound impact of this evolutionary [...]

This image displays fossilized remains, encased in lithified seafloor sediments, of exoskeletons and other hard-shelled body parts from organisms that emerged around 550 million years ago. These fossils are indicative of the "Cambrian explosion," a period that saw a significant increase in life's diversity on Earth.
c. 550 Million BCE: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Cambrian Explosion

Explores the Cambrian Explosion, a pivotal period about 550 million years ago marked by a dramatic increase in life's diversity, including the emergence of hard-shelled eukaryotic organisms, and discusses the mass extinctions that followed