Gondwana supercontinent underwent massive shift during Cambrian explosion
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 22:35
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The Gondwana supercontinent underwent a 60-degree rotation across Earth's surface during the Early Cambrian period, according to new evidence uncovered by a team of geologists. The study has implications for the environmental conditions that existed at a crucial period in Earth's evolutionary history called the Cambrian explosion, when most of the major groups of complex animals rapidly appeared.
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