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The '''Cambrian explosion''' is the term used to describe a period of geological history approximately 540 million years ago in which every current complex [[phylum]] first appeared in the [[fossil record]]. Because of this, it has been dubbed the "Big-Bang of life". Scientists and others have vigorously debated the meaning of this for nearly a century. 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 the term used by Darwinists and Old-Earth creationists to describe a period of their version of history approximately 540 million years ago in which every current complex [[phylum]] first appeared in the [[fossil record]]. They have dubbed it the "Big-Bang of life". Scientists and others have vigorously debated the meaning of this for nearly a century. For Old-Earth creationists, 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 <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>.