Author(s): Andrew Parker

Popular Science

The Cambrian explosion is the 'big bang' of evolution - a period of just 5 million years during which life on Earth rapidly developed both armaments and defences, and animals suddenly became both hunters and hunted. But why did the explosion happen when it did? Gound-breaking, readable and accessible, Oxford zoologist Andrew Parker's fascinating account of how he solved the Cambrian enigma unfolds with the excitement of a top-notch whodunnit.