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The '''Cambrian explosion''' is how every current complex [[phylum]] appeared suddenly in the [[fossil record]], contrary to what was expected by the slowly evolving lifeforms predicted by the [[Theory of Evolution]].  Lacking a coherent explanation, Darwinists and Old-Earth creationists describe this period, which they claim was 540 million years ago, as the "Big-Bang of life."  In fact, the Cambrian explosion casts serious doubt on the idea that significant new forms of life came into being via slow, gradual [[Darwinian]] processes.

The '''Cambrian explosion''' is how every current complex [[phylum]] appeared suddenly in the [[fossil record]], contrary to what was expected by the slowly evolving lifeforms predicted by the [[Theory of Evolution]].  Lacking a coherent explanation, Darwinists and Old-Earth creationists describe this period, which they claim was 540 million years ago, as the "Big-Bang of life."  In fact, the Cambrian explosion casts serious doubt on the idea that significant new forms of life came into being via slow, gradual [[Darwinian]] processes.

The Cambrian explosion was "discovered" in the [[Burgess Shale]] of [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]] in 1909 by [[Charles D. Walcott]], the then secretary of the [[Smithsonian Institute]]<ref>http://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca/</ref>. In a moment some would say is telling of how damaging the Cambrian explosion was to Walcott's Darwinian world-view, the lone publication of his remarkable discovery was in the sparsely-read <i>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections</i>. The findings were then <i>conveniently</i> ignored for several decades<ref>http://www.thedesignoflife.net/blog/Critical-decisions-in-science-The-Smithsonian-secretary-vs-the-Cambrian-explosion/View/Default.aspx</ref>.

The Cambrian explosion was "discovered" in the [[Burgess Shale]] of [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]] in 1909 by [[Charles D. Walcott]], the then secretary of the [[Smithsonian Institute]].<ref>http://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca/</ref> In a moment some would say is telling of how damaging the Cambrian explosion was to Walcott's Darwinian world-view, the lone publication of his remarkable discovery was in the sparsely-read ''Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections''. The findings were then ''conveniently'' ignored for several decades.<ref>http://www.thedesignoflife.net/blog/Critical-decisions-in-science-The-Smithsonian-secretary-vs-the-Cambrian-explosion/View/Default.aspx</ref>

*During this explosion of fauna, representatives of about twenty of the roughly twenty-six total phyla present in the known fossil record made their first appearance on earth. [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062071475/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=anncoulter-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0062071475&adid=1QSNY85R152GT1QTA6NH&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anncoulter.com%2F Darwin's Doubt], page 31 - [[Stephen C. Meyer]]

*During this explosion of fauna, representatives of about twenty of the roughly twenty-six total phyla present in the known fossil record made their first appearance on earth. [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062071475/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=anncoulter-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0062071475&adid=1QSNY85R152GT1QTA6NH&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anncoulter.com%2F Darwin's Doubt], page 31 - [[Stephen C. Meyer]]

In the documentary "[[The Case for a Creator|The Case for a Creator]]," [[Intelligent Design]] proponent and respected biologist [[Jonathan Wells]] had this to say about the Cambrian explosion:

In the documentary "[[The Case for a Creator]]," [[Intelligent Design]] proponent and respected biologist [[Jonathan Wells]] had this to say about the Cambrian explosion:

{{cquote| How did it happen? We don’t have the foggiest idea how it happened. Assuming a jellyfish was the common ancestor — I don’t believe that — but how do you turn a jellyfish into a trilobite? How do you turn a jellyfish into a fish with a backbone? How do you do it? I don’t just mean taking a scalpel and rearranging the parts like you’re doing a collage in third-grade art class. We’re talking about a living animal here, that reproduces itself and makes more things like itself. How do you do it? We don’t have the foggiest idea.

{{cquote| How did it happen? We don’t have the foggiest idea how it happened. Assuming a jellyfish was the common ancestor — I don’t believe that — but how do you turn a jellyfish into a trilobite? How do you turn a jellyfish into a fish with a backbone? How do you do it? I don’t just mean taking a scalpel and rearranging the parts like you’re doing a collage in third-grade art class. We’re talking about a living animal here, that reproduces itself and makes more things like itself. How do you do it? We don’t have the foggiest idea.

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