The Cambrian Population Explosion of Arthropods in Australia: Ediacaran origins, evolution and biodiversity

该项目通过研究最重要的化石类群（节肢动物）在生命起源后最重要的事件（宏观生命的寒武纪大爆发）中的进化，解决了生命起源和多样化的关键问题。它还将挖掘、促进和保护弗林德斯山脉和袋鼠岛两个具有国家重要性的关键地质资源。此外，它还将增加对经济上重要的阿德莱德地凹的古生态学和地质学的了解，并通过生态旅游、农村学校教育计划和公共宣传使南澳大利亚州的农村社区受益。

This project addresses key questions on the origin and diversification of life, by investigating the evolution of the most important fossil group (arthropods) across arguably the most important event after the origin of life (the Cambrian explosion of macroscopic life). It will also excavate, promote and conserve two key geological resources of national importance, in the Flinders Ranges and Kangaroo Island. Also, it will lead to increased knowledge of the palaeoecology and geology of the economically-important Adelaide geosyncline, and benefit rural SA communities through ecotourism, a rural schools education program, and public outreach.