Cambrian Explosion: Life's Diverse Evolution

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Cambrian

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Geologists rewrite textbooks with new insights from Cambrian rocks of Grand Canyon

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The Tonto Group of Grand Canyon holds a treasure trove of sedimentary layers and fossils chronicling the Cambrian Explosion some 500 million years ago.

The new model for deposition of the Grand Canyon is much more nuanced, showing a mixture of marine and non-marine settings, breaks or unconformities when no sediment was being deposited, and a faster tempo of evolution.

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