reasonisfaith post #427:
"You mean where the fossil evidence shows thousands of advanced species suddenly appearing at the same time, with practically previously existing species?" Well, first, the Cambrian lasted about 55 million years, from 541 MYA to 485 MYA, which is hardly "sudden".
Second, "thousands of species" over 50 million years, but only about 600 genera alive at any one time (see post #294).
That's 600 total genera during the Cambrian verses today about 200,000 living animal genera alone.
So, more of a slow burn than "explosion"
Third, today there are about 36 different animal phyla.
From my post #347:
This chart lists all 36 animal phyla and shows their fossil origins:
- 2 phyla -- Precambrian
- 3 phyla -- early Cambrian
- 10 phyla -- "Cambrian Explosion"
- 3 phyla -- Post-Cambrian
- 18 phyla -- no fossils found
- 36 phyla -- total living animal phyla.
So, of 36 living phyla, 10 are first seen in the Cambrian Explosion, 8 more are first found before or after and 18 have never been found in fossils.
Fourth, what truly did change during the Cambrian Explosion was the first appearance of hard shelled creatures.
These fossilize more frequently and are what make many life-forms seem to appear "suddenly". 
>>reasonisfaith post #427: "You mean where the fossil evidence shows thousands of advanced species suddenly appearing at the same time, with practically previously existing species?"
>>Joey the Science Denier said: "Well, first, the Cambrian lasted about 55 million years, from 541 MYA to 485 MYA, which is hardly "sudden".
That is funny, Joey. Now, hear the truth from a paleontology expert and evolutionist, Dr. James Valentine:
On the Origin of Phyla
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>>Joey the Science Denier said: "Second, "thousands of species" over 50 million years, but only about 600 genera alive at any one time (see post #294). That's 600 total genera during the Cambrian verses today about 200,000 living animal genera alone. So, more of a slow burn than "explosion."
Joey doesn't even qualify as scientifically-challenged. God instructed the animals to multiply after their kind (or family, as it is called today.) That is exactly what the animals did: each family produced genera, and each genus produced species.
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>>Joey the Science Denier said: "Third, today there are about 36 different animal phyla.
>>From my post #347: This chart lists all 36 animal phyla and shows their fossil origins: 2 phyla --
>>Precambrian 3 phyla -- early Cambrian 10 phyla -- "Cambrian Explosion" 3 phyla -- Post-
>>Cambrian 18 phyla -- no fossils found 36 phyla -- total living animal phyla.
>>So, of 36 living phyla, 10 are first seen in the Cambrian Explosion, 8 more are first found before or after and 18 have never been found in fossils.
Joey is confusing major phyla with some minor forms that some claim to be phyla. This is Dr Valentine on Phyla after the Cambrian:
Dr. Valentine on the number of phyla that has arisen since the Cambrian Explosion
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>>Joey the Science Denier said: "Fourth, what truly did change during the Cambrian Explosion was the first appearance of hard shelled creatures. These fossilize more frequently and are what make many life-forms seem to appear "suddenly".
There are many soft-bodied animals fossilized in the Burgess, Joey:
"The exquisite preservation of soft-bodied animals in Burgess Shale-type deposits provides important clues into the early evolution of body plans that emerged during the Cambrian explosion." [Smith & Caron, "Primitive soft-bodied cephalopods from the Cambrian." Nature, Vol.465, Abstract; May 27, 2010]
I believe Dr. Valentine speaks of the soft-bodied animals in the Cambrian. Watch the entire video to understand the Cambrian from an evolutionist perspective
Mr. Kalamata