Biology - Study Guide
Biology - Study Guide
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ISBN: 9780321501561
Author: Martha R. Taylor
Publisher: PEARSON EDUCATION (COLLEGE)
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To explain: The changes in lifestyle that may be associated with the diverse forms that evolved in the 10 million years referred to as the Cambrian explosion.

Introduction: The Cambrian radiation is also called a Cambrian explosion. It is an event that occurred about 541 million years ago in the period of Cambrian. In this period, the major animal phyla appeared in the record of fossil.

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