Cambrian explosion/Timeline

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• Cambrian explosion — The Cambrian explosion or Cambrian radiation was the seemingly rapid appearance of most major groups of complex animals around Ma|530, as evidenced by the fossil record. [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cambrian/camb.html The Cambrian Period] ]… …   Wikipedia

• Explosion cambrienne — L’explosion cambrienne (il y a entre 542 et 530 Ma) désigne l apparition soudaine à l échelle géologique de la plupart des grands embranchements actuels de métazoaires (animaux pluricellulaires)[1] ainsi qu une grande diversification des espèces… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Timeline of glaciation — There have been four major periods of glaciation in the Earth s past. The second, and possibly most severe, is estimated to have occurred from 850 Ma to 635 Ma (million years ago, in the late Proterozoic Age) and it has been suggested that it… …   Wikipedia

• Timeline of early prehistory — This page lists events in the early prehistory of the universe and the Earth, up to approximately 10,000 BC. Note that many of these dates are speculative or very rough estimates. For events from 10,000 BC onwards, see 10th millennium BC. For… …   Wikipedia

• Timeline of plant evolution — This article attempts to place key plant innovations in a geological context. It concerns itself only with novel innovations and events that had a major global significance, not those that are of solely anthropological interest. The timeline… …   Wikipedia

• Detailed logarithmic timeline — Main article: logarithmic timeline This timeline allows one to see the whole history of the universe, the Earth, and mankind in one table. Each row is defined in years ago, that is, years before the present date, with the earliest times at the… …   Wikipedia

• Primeval timeline — Primeval is an ongoing science fiction television series created by Adrian Hodges, who wrote the majority of the scripts, and Tim Haines of Impossible Pictures. It was produced by Haines and Cameron McAllister. It should be noted that in order to …   Wikipedia

• History of the Earth — For the history of modern humans, see History of the world. Geological time put in a diagram called a geological clock, showing the relative lengths of the eons of the Earth s history The history of the Earth describes the most important events… …   Wikipedia

• Ediacara biota — The Ediacara (IPAEng|ˌiːdɪˈækərə, formerly Vendian) biota are ancient lifeforms of the Ediacaran Period, which represent the earliest known complex multicellular organisms. They appeared soon after the Earth thawed from the Cryogenian period s… …   Wikipedia

• Evolution — This article is about evolution in biology. For other uses, see Evolution (disambiguation). For a generally accessible and less technical introduction to the topic, see Introduction to evolution. Part of a series on …   Wikipedia