Still Zero: Why New Fossil Finds Don’t Solve Cambrian Explosion Mystery
Episode Ep 2226 30 min 59s

Still Zero: Why New Fossil Finds Don’t Solve Cambrian Explosion Mystery

New fossil discoveries from China are being hailed as evidence that could reshape our understanding of the origin of complex animal life. Does the new find solve the mystery of the Cambrian explosion? Are the headlines about these fossils justified? Are these in fact the long-lost ancestors of the Cambrian animals we’ve been looking for? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes Dr. Casey Luskin to the show to to examine the evidence, ambiguity, and ongoing controversy surrounding newly reported Ediacaran bilaterian fossils.

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