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/
