11 Jan (Fri): The Cambrian Explosion: failed experiments or evolution’s big-bang?

A talk by Charles Marshall (Curator in Dept of Invertebrate Paleontology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University).

The Cambrian 'explosion' is a unique episode (~543 to 515 million years ago) in Earth history, when essentially all the animal phyla first appear in the marine fossil record. A variety of environmental, developmental (gentic), and ecological explanations for this complex event have been suggested. During the talk, the speaker shares a new explanation that he has developed.

More details on the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity news blog

Time: 4pm
Venue: Department of Biological Science Conference Room, the National University of Singapore
Website: http://rmbr.nus.edu.g/