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Cradle Of Life: The Discovery Of Earth'S Earliest Fossils,New Stuart Wilde Over A Vast Territoryfrom SyriaOne Of The Greatest Mysteries In Reconstructing The History Of Life On Earth Has Been The Apparent Absence Of Fossils Dating Back More Than 550 Million Years. We Have Long Known That Fossils Of Sophisticated Marine Lifeforms Existed At The Dawn Of The Cambrian Period, But Until Recently Scientists Had Found No Traces Of Precambrian Fossils. The Quest To Find Such Traces Began In Earnest In The Mid1960S And Culminated In One Dramatic Moment In 1993