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wewewedxfgdf
The Cambrian period has to be the most interesting period in Earth's history.

A close second is the period where the monkeys started wearing clothes, driving cars and programming computers.

dkga
What a treasure indeed! I just didn‘t understand why this particular site had so well-preserved soft tissue fossils? I assume it is probably related to the geology of the site during formation of the fossils, and probably the researchers themselves are not quite sure. But I would love to know more, if anyone here understands about this sort of thing.
cess11
"the first major blossoming of modern biodiversity."

What does "modern" mean in this discourse?

throwup238
Most of the major phyla that exist today established themselves during the Cambrian explosion.