This study provides a comprehensive and quantitative estimate of how global temperatures
have changed during the last 540 million years. It combines paleotemperature …

Abstract The Cambrian Explosion by nature is a three-phased explosion of animal body
plans alongside episodic biomineralization, pulsed change of generic diversity, body size …

The spatial coverage and temporal resolution of the Early Paleozoic paleoclimate record are
limited, primarily due to the paucity of well-preserved skeletal material commonly used for …

Global cooling has been proposed as a driver of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification
Event, the largest radiation of Phanerozoic marine animal Life. Yet, mechanistic …

Astronomical insolation forcing is well established as the underlying metronome of
Quaternary ice ages and Cenozoic climate changes. Yet its effects on earlier eras …

The early Cambrian was a critical period of Earth history, marked by explosive diversification
of metazoans and several profound changes in Earth's surface environments and global …

The diversity of life on Earth is controlled by hierarchical processes that interact over wide
ranges of timescales. Here, we consider the megaclimate regime at scales≥ 1 million years …

We combine U–Pb in-situ carbonate dating, elemental and isotope constraints to calibrate
the synergy of integrated mountain-basin evolution in western Gondwana. We show that …

The Cambrian explosion, one of the most consequential biological revolutions in Earth
history, occurred in two phases separated by the Sinsk event, the first major extinction of the …

The early Palaeozoic Era records the initial biodiversification of the Phanerozoic. The
increase in biodiversity involved drastic changes in taxon longevity, and in rates of …