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Students
Students
At Shape of Life we believe PLAY is the best form of science research. We encourage everyone to lift rocks and get messy. A whole world opens up from our curiosity.
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Handout
Constructing the Tree of Life HandoutFull Handout Material
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Factsheet
Cambrian ExplosionThe Cambrian Explosion was a burst of animal evolution that occurred in the ocean about 540 million years ago.
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Reading
Cambrian Explosion: A BIG BANG in the Evolution of AnimalsFor most of Earth's early history, there simply was no fossil record. Only recently have we come to discover otherwise: Life is virtually as old as the planet itself, and even the most ancient sedimentary rocks have yielded fossilized remains of primitive forms of life.
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Creature
Gossamer Worm (Tomopteris)
Gossamer worms live in the midwater zone of the ocean along with many other polychaete worm species. They are transparent as are so many of the creatures of this twilight zone between the surface and the seafloor.
Gossamer Worm (Tomopteris)
Gossamer worms live in the midwater zone of the ocean along with many other polychaete worm species. They are transparent as are so many of the creatures of this twilight zone between the surface and the seafloor.
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Did you Know?
Charles Darwin and Earthworms
Charles Darwin is best known for his voyage around the world on the HMS Beagle and his book “On the Origin of Species." And he was fascinated with earthworms.
Charles Darwin and Earthworms
Charles Darwin is best known for his voyage around the world on the HMS Beagle and his book “On the Origin of Species." And he was fascinated with earthworms.
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Scientist
Karen Osborn Curator of Marine Invertebrates, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Karen is so enthusiastic about polychaete (meaning many bristles) worms that she launched International Polychaete Day. Learn more about Karen’s unique curiosity.
Karen Osborn Curator of Marine Invertebrates, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Karen is so enthusiastic about polychaete (meaning many bristles) worms that she launched International Polychaete Day. Learn more about Karen’s unique curiosity.
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