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Trilobites, which appeared on Earth some 500 million years ago, possessed
exceedingly complex organs. To the side can be seen a fossil trilobite’s
compound eye, with the same complex structure as the eyes of modern-day
bees and flies.

different species emerged at the same time, which is why pale-

ontologists call this miraculous event the “Cambrian explosion.”
Life forms discovered in this layer had physiologically com-
plex eyes, respiratory systems and metabolisms similar to those
found in modern life forms. For instance, the trilobites’ double-
lens eye design is wholly miraculous. David Raup, geology pro-
fessor at Harvard, Rochester and Chicago Universities says, “the
trilobites 450 million years ago used an optimal design which
would require a well trained and imaginative optical engineer to
develop today.” 57

These complex invertebrates emerged suddenly and com-
pletely, without any links to one-celled organisms or transitory
life forms before them.

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