For Many Years, Scientists Believed That Almost All Animal Lineages

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For many years, scientists believed that almost all animal lineages burst into being during the Cambrian era (just after the end of the Precambrian super eon) . However, there have been many recent findings of animal-like fossils and "trace fossils" (fossils of an animal-like organism's movement) from the late Precambrian. Which of the following best explains why it took so long to realize there was animal-like life in the Precambrian?

• A) There were no animals in the Precambrian.
• B) Animals from the late Precambrian had soft bodies.
• C) There were many hard-shelled animals in the Cambrian.
• D) The global climate was such that there was poor fossilization in the Precambrian.

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