Campbell Biology
Campbell Biology
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780135188743
Author: Urry
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 32, Problem 3TYU
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Cambrian explosion is the wave of animal diversification that came around 535-525 million years ago, that is, in the early Cambrian period.

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