The time in the history of Earth when evolution was progressing at the most rapid rate, as evidenced

by fossils such as those of the Burgess Shale, is the:a.
Cambrian period.
b. Ordovician period.
c. Silurian period.
d. Devonian period.
e. Carboniferous period


A

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