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Show Life on Earth Before the Cambrian Period A picture of life as it existed on the earth 000,000.000 years ago has been drawn by I'rot. Sir Edgewortb David, Australian scientist He has found fossils of animal life in Australia dating back to before the Cambrian period in geology. Sir Elgeworth, almost by accident, dlsunered In the rocks of Mount Lofty and In the Flinders rauges of South Australia beautifully colored fossils which, from the strata In which they were found, show tbut a marine fauuu In the early days of the earth's forma tlon hud covered a million square miles of what Is now Australia. The fossil life thus represented must huve crossed the Pacific ocean. Some, of It consists of sundworms and of onus related to crayfish and shrimps Their limbs and shells were formed of a horny Bubs-tunce, and the colors were those of the rainbow "1 could kick myself cha: I shouio have overlooked this obvious discover) for so long," said the professor In an nounclng it London Tlt-BIts. |