Ediacaran period

Discoveries Ancient animal feces may have helped transform Earth’s oceans 540 million years ago

New research suggests ancient feces helped fuel marine life during the Cambrian Explosion.

Green Impact How animal feces became an evolutionary force 540 million years ago Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Ancient fossil may reveal first-ever ‘right-handedness’ in the animal kingdom Joshua Shavit

Discoveries 574 million-year-old fossils reveal a lack of sex delayed evolution for millions of years Rebecca Shavit