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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''' 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 <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>.

 

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|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.