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Paper on the Cambrian radiation published

Oxygen Fire Fuel

Erik Sperling and Rich Stockey published a review paper on the Cambrian 'explosion' in Integrative and Comparative Biology. In considering possible environmental triggers of the Cambrian radiation, the paper explores the metaphor of the 'fire triangle'--changes to food supply and temperature could have been equally important as oft-considered oxygen changes.

https://academic.oup.com/icb/advance-article/doi/10.1093/icb/icy088/5056706?guestAccessKey=868a7dd2-25b8-4d2f-9f60-57a23b1282f9