Tommotian and Burgess Shale formations give clues about Precambrian evolution.

早间，Tommotian和伯吉斯页岩化石群为前寒武纪进化提供了线索。

Now go back to the Cretaceous Period and look at our tiny, fuzzball ancestors.

人类的眼光不足以让我们看出它有多么特别再回到寒武纪时期。

But some might be the ancestors of the Cambrian megafauna.

但是他们中的一些可能就是寒武纪型动物的祖。

During the Cambrian Period, many major animal groups first appeared on Earth.

寒武纪时期，地球上首次出现许多主要的生物群。

But it would take you twenty years to reach the dawn of the Cambrian period.

但是，你要花上20的时间才能抵达寒武纪初期。

The real business of complex life, in other words, started with the Cambrian explosion.

换句话说，正经八百的复杂生命始于寒武纪。

Scientists call the period between about 541 million to 530 million years ago, the Cambrian explosion.

科学家将约5。41亿到5。3亿前的这段时间称为寒武纪。

But basically, you know, the 90s and internet feels like a pre-Cambrian era when there were only sponges.

但基本上，你知道的，90代和互联网给人的感觉就像前寒武纪时代，那时只有海绵宝宝。

Shortly after the Cambrian explosion, mud slides rapidly buried thousands of marine animals under conditions that favored fossilization.

在寒武纪后不久，滑落的泥土迅掩埋了成千上万的海洋动物，形成了极有利于化石形成的环境。

The fall of the Ediacaran fauna was followed by the creative outburst of the Cambrian period.

埃迪亚卡拉动物群的没落之后是寒武纪的创造性。

In the context of the Cambrian, explosion would soon have more to do with modern tempers than ancient physiological facts.

联系到寒武纪的氛围，“”很快跟现代人的脾气，而不是跟古代生理上的事实更有关系。

In fact, says Fortey, there are relatively few Cambrian designs that are wholly novel.

实际上，福泰说：“寒武纪造型只有几种是完全新的。

Well, we have the Machinchang Cambrian Geoforest Park, the Killam Karst Geoforest Park, and the Dayang Bunting Marble Geoforest Park.

那么这三个公园是哪些呢？它们分别是马珍昌寒武纪地质森林公园、基廉喀斯特地质森林公园和达扬本丁理石地质森林公园。很好。

But red in tooth and claw the Precambrian was not—for neither teeth nor claws existed.

但是前寒武纪时期却不是腥牙血爪，因为那个时候牙齿和爪子都没有出现。

Let's start about 540 million years ago, just before the dawn of the Cambrian period.

让我们从约5.4亿前开始，就在寒武纪前夕。

Mr Volpe talks of a Cambrian explosion.

沃尔佩生谈到了一次寒武纪。

Mr Volpi talks of a " Cambrian explosion" .

沃尔皮生谈到" 寒武纪" 。

Eventually we show up with animals and this Cambrian explosion.

最终我们出现了动物和这次寒武纪。

They're going to get the Precambrian period.

他们将会经历前寒武纪时期。

Alas, it turns out the Cambrian explosion may not have been quite so explosive as all that.

啊呀！寒武纪被证明也许并非得那样厉害。