Ediacaran Life (IMAGE)

Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences

Ediacaran Life

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More than 570 million years ago, in the Ediacaran period, complex organisms including soft-bodied animals up to a meter long sprang to life in deep ocean waters.

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Peter Trusler

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