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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>

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. [https://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]]," [[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: