The Emergence of Animals Author:Mark A. S. McMenamin, Dianna L. McMenamin The authors explore the late Precambrian and earliest Cambrian fossil record to explain the Cambrian phenomenon and discuss the possibility of a major turnover in marine ecology at the beginning of the Cambrian period or whether a new, improved type of animal appeared at this time. They support their often controversial conclusions with photos a... more »nd illustrations of fossils, some never before published.« less