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540 million years ago, the ancestors of modern organisms suddenly emerge in the Cambrian seas; evolution progresses and leaps onto land; but 250 million years ago, huge volcanic eruptions trigger the most severe mass extinctions in Earth's history.
540 million years ago, the ancestors of modern organisms suddenly emerge in the Cambrian seas; evolution progresses and leaps onto land; but 250 million years ago, huge volcanic eruptions trigger the most severe mass extinctions in Earth's history.
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