Prehistoric Life

【Life of the Cambrian】Wiwaxia – A Mollusk’s Mouth on an Annelid’s Back

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【Life of the Cambrian】Aysheaia – The Shape Was Right From the Start; Only Its Identity Stayed Open

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【Life of the Cambrian】Anomalocaris – Described as Three Separate Animals: a Shrimp, a Jellyfish and a Sea Cucumber

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【Life of the Proterozoic】The Francevillian Biota – An Argument Over Whether It Was Alive at All, Fought in Chemistry

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【Life of the Proterozoic】Dickinsonia – Not a Jellyfish, Not a Worm, Not a Lichen

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【Life of the Proterozoic】Spriggina – Symmetrical at a Glance, but the Segments Are Half a Step Off

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【Life of the Proterozoic】Cyanobacteria – The Organism Behind the Worst Pollution Event in History

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【Life of the Proterozoic】Grypania – Worm Trail, Alga or Bacterium? 120 Years Without an Answer

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【Life of the Proterozoic】Kimberella – The Grazing Marks It Left, and Its Claim to Be an Early Mollusk

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【Life of the Proterozoic】Charniodiscus – A “Frond” Standing on a Seafloor Beyond the Reach of Light

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【Life of the Proterozoic】Tribrachidium – A Three-Fold Body Plan Found Nowhere in Living Animals

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【Life of the Proterozoic】Charnia – The Frond in the Rock That Received Wisdom Made Invisible

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【Life of the Proterozoic】Cloudina – Earth’s First Shell Already Had Holes in It

Earth Timeline

Earth Timeline Series – Index

Earth Timeline

【Earth Timeline 01】The Hadean Eon – An Age With No Surviving Rock

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【Earth Timeline 02】The Archean Eon – When Traces of Life Began to Appear

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【Earth Timeline 03-1】The Proterozoic Eon – How the Atmosphere Filled With Oxygen

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【Earth Timeline 03-2】The Proterozoic Eon – A Planet Frozen to the Equator, and the First Large Life

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【Earth Timeline 04】The Cambrian Period – When the Blueprints of Animal Bodies Came Together

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【Earth Timeline 05】The Ordovician Period – Reef-Filled Seas and an Ending Locked in Ice

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【Earth Timeline 06】The Silurian Period – When Plants Came Ashore

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【Earth Timeline 07】The Devonian Period – How Fins Became Legs

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【Earth Timeline 08】The Carboniferous Period – Giant Insects and Oxygen-Rich Forests

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【Earth Timeline 09-1】The Permian Period – When the Continents Became One

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【Earth Timeline 09-2】The Permian Period – The Greatest Extinction in History

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【Earth Timeline 10】The Triassic Period – Filling the Seats Left Empty by Extinction

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【Earth Timeline 11】The Jurassic Period – When Dinosaurs Took the Lead on Land

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【Earth Timeline 12-1】The Cretaceous Period – When Flowers Bloomed and Feathers Spread

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【Earth Timeline 12-2】The Cretaceous Period – The Day the Asteroid Hit

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【Earth Timeline 13-1】The Paleogene Period – A World Where Mammals Filled the Empty Seats