Tag: Cambrian News
Even Sponges Are Complex Enough to Inspire Architects
Their embryos appear in Precambrian strata, misleading some to consider them primitive.
A "Cambrian Explosion" in Robotics?
Here’s a fascinating and revealing analogy from IEEE Spectrum, published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Spectacular Discovery Reveals Power Grid in Muscle Cells; Design Implications Are Profound
Amazing 3D images show that mitochondria are connected by a network of electrically conducting lines resembling the power grid of a city.
Earliest Comb Jellies Wore Armor
Remarkable fossils from China show armored body plans for Cambrian comb jellies and other phyla whose living representatives are soft-bodied.
New Fossils Before and After the Cambrian, What Do They Show?
A Precambrian sponge and some Ordovician arthropods have stories to tell. Will they put Darwin’s Doubt in doubt?