Likely there were a few 'explosive' events near the time of the Cambrian explosion. The Avalon Explosion [0,1] was about 33 million years earlier than the Cambr

Likely there were a few 'explosive' events near the time of the Cambrian explosion. The Avalon Explosion [0,1] was about 33 million years earlier than the Cambrian Explosion. I would bet that our understanding of Life's history on Earth, and in the solar system in general, is only at the very beginning. Likely, our descendants will be looking at this understanding just like we look back at old 1890's paleontologists and their laughable Dinosaur models. As an aside: I think that ML and RNNs would be a great tool for paleontologists to use for fossil hunting. Not just for automated drones scanning the lonelier places on Earth, but just to identify potentially 'rich' areas in the first place. Via petroleum studies, we know a fair bit about the Earth and the layers of sediment under it. Using that data, I think it may be possible to help narrow down the areas where good fossilization may have occurred and then send the armies of grad students out to those places, helping increase the percentages for finds. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpi2VJj5PhY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpi2VJj5PhY [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_explosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_explosion