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'Explosions' part 2 - The origin of animal diversity

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Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks
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Dr Allison Daley describes what fossils can tell us about the Cambrian Explosion; a period of time 540 million years ago, where there was a vast increase in the different types of animals that existed.

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Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks
People
Allison Daley
Keywords
palaeontology
fossils
anomalocaridids cambrian
Department: Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)
Date Added: 16/03/2015
Duration: 00:11:26

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