A treasure trove of fossils rewrites the story of early life

48 points - last Friday at 3:42 PM

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wewewedxfgdf today at 9:30 AM
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 today at 12:07 PM
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 today at 12:26 PM
"the first major blossoming of modern biodiversity."

What does "modern" mean in this discourse?