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Sunday, 4 September 2011

The Evolutionary Explosion In The Cambrian Period

The best-preserved eyes yet found from the Cambrian period show advanced vision had evolved in animals more than half a billion years ago.

Posted by Dr CLÉiRIGh at 07:42
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