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Name: The Evolutionary History of the Animal Kingdom
ID: m44660
Language: English (en)
Summary: By the end of this section, you will be able to:
  • Describe the features that characterized the earliest animals and when they appeared on earth
  • Explain the significance of the Cambrian period for animal evolution and the changes in animal diversity that took place during that time
  • Describe some of the unresolved questions surrounding the Cambrian explosion
  • Discuss the implications of mass animal extinctions that have occurred in evolutionary history
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: animal diversity, animal evolution, Cambrian explosion, Cambrian period, Cryogenian period, Ediacaran period, evolution, extinction, mass extinction, paleontologist, post-Cambrian, pre-Cambrian
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org)
Copyright Holders: Rice University (daniel@openstaxcollege.org)
Maintainers: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org), Cnx Biology (ryan.s.stickney@gmail.com)
Latest version: 1.5 (history)
First publication date: Aug 23, 2012 2:40 pm -0500
Last revision to module: Apr 10, 2013 11:07 am -0500

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Version: 1.5 Apr 10, 2013 11:07 am -0500 by Cnx Biology
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Version: 1.4 Apr 8, 2013 8:47 pm -0500 by Cnx Biology
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Version: 1.3 Mar 16, 2013 3:46 pm -0500 by Cnx Biology
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Version: 1.2 Feb 13, 2013 5:30 pm -0600 by Cnx Biology
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Version: 1.1 Aug 29, 2012 3:40 pm -0500 by Cnx Biology
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