Paleonet: Cambrian Explosion

Sat Feb 27 00:53:23 UTC 2021

Photos: Earliest occurrence known to us of the phrase "Cambrian Explosion",  in the table of contents for this experimental High School curriculum (1961) and as a section heading in the text, but it does not appear anywhere else in the text and does not appear in subsequent editions of this curriculum.

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From: Paleonet <paleonet-bounces+brandt=msu.edu at paleonet.org> on behalf of Ellen Thomas <ellen.thomas at yale.edu>
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Subject: Re: Paleonet: Cambrian Explosion

yes indeed, Baesecker et al. argued for a first use of 'explosive evolution ' by George Gaylord Simpson in 1944, morphing into Cambrian Explosion in Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS), 1961, High School Biology, Green Version, revised edition: Boulder, University of Colorado.
Ellen Thomas

On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 1:46 PM Brandt, Danita <brandt at msu.edu<mailto:brandt at msu.edu>> wrote:
See Beasecker, et al. 2020, GSA Today, v. 30, p. 26-27
First use we could find was in an experimental High School biology curriculum, 1961

Dr. Danita Brandt

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Subject: Paleonet: Cambrian Explosion

Does anyone know when the term “Cambrian Explosion” was first used and by whom?

Alexander Glass

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Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences

Nicholas School of the Environment

Duke University, Durham, NC

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