Precambrian time covers the vast bulk of the Earth's history, starting with the planet's creation about 4.5 billion years ago and ending with the emergence of complex, multicelled life-forms ...

This tiny fossil, measuring just a few centimeters, is significant as it is the oldest confirmed ecdysozoan and the only one known from the Precambrian era. Lead researcher Ian Hughes, a Ph.D. can ...

In a study published in Precambrian Research Monday by scientists from Cardiff University in Wales, researchers found environmental evidence that complex life existed 1.5 billion years earlier ...

The Precambrian eon is vast, almost unimaginably so. In fact, before some fossil discoveries were made late in the 20th century, it was considered unknowable -- evolution's dark ages. The ...

I am particularly interested in applying my work to Precambrian chemical sediments, which formed prior to the evolution of biomineralizing organisms. My research encompasses lab experiments, modeling, ...