50 points by worldvoyageur 2 days ago | 3 comments
wewewedxfgdf 3 hours ago
The Cambrian period has to be the most interesting period in Earth's history.

A close second is the period where the monkeys started wearing clothes, driving cars and programming computers.

greenbit 2 hours ago
Or maybe just before that, when they started wearing digital watches.
nntwozz 3 hours ago
We're apes, friend.
thejohnconway 2 hours ago
Apes are a subset of monkeys.
ourmandave 2 hours ago
Primates.
metalman 2 hours ago
Primeats, from many perspectives.
dkga 48 minutes ago
What a treasure indeed! I just didn‘t understand why this particular site had so well-preserved soft tissue fossils? I assume it is probably related to the geology of the site during formation of the fossils, and probably the researchers themselves are not quite sure. But I would love to know more, if anyone here understands about this sort of thing.
cess11 29 minutes ago
"the first major blossoming of modern biodiversity."

What does "modern" mean in this discourse?