Most have heard the 'Cambrian Explosion' - a radiation of early animals that science once regarded as the starting point of life on earth. But life DID exist before the Cambrian - in a time known as the Ediacaran.
WILLIAM MCMAHON is a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge, England. His research involves sedimentology and geochemistry, using these sciences to study some of Earth’s most earliest time periods and their evolutionary bursts of lifeforms.
MARK from Evolution Soup chats with Will about the Cambrian, Ediacaran and even further back to the snowy Cryogenian. What kind of life existed well over five-hundred million years ago? Where do we find the evidence of their existence? All this and more is revealed in this intriguing interview.
#ediacaran #paleontology #cambrianexplosion
00:00 START
00:55 William's background
02:36 The Cambrian explosion
06:12 The Ediacaran discovery
13:50 Linking to the Cambrian
20:10 New Ediacaran discoveries
27:36 Before the Ediacaran
32:39 Upcoming projects
*24:16 should be labelled Ikaria wariootia
LINKS FOR WILLIAM MCMAHON:
TWITTER: @willmcmahon92
https://twitter.com/willmcmahon92
ALSO:
@earthscicam
https://twitter.com/EarthSciCam
INSTAGRAM:
https://www.instagram.com/william_mcmahon92
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ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/William-Mcma
Ancient Coastal Life - William McMahon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW4n7x00hKA
Article: Macroscopic animal fossils uncovered in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges https://bit.ly/3uynrpn
RESEARCH: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/William-Mcmahon-4
Cambridge University:
SITE: https://www.cam.ac.uk/
TWITTER: @Cambridge_Uni
https://twitter.com/Cambridge_Uni
ALSO:
cambridgeearthsciences
https://www.instagram.com/cambridgeearthsciences/
Alex Liu (colleague):
TWITTER: @the_palaeoninja
https://twitter.com/the_palaeoninja
SITE: https://alexanderliu.weebly.com/
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