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An illustration of the organisms that existed in the Cambrian Period

It is as though they (the species of the Cambrian) were just planted there, without any
evolutionary history. 23
The Cambrian explosion is clear evidence that God created all living things. The only
explanation of the sudden emergence of organisms without any evolutionary ancestors is
creation. Accordingly, Darwin wrote: "If numerous species, belonging to the same genera or
families, have really started into life all at once, the fact would be fatal to the theory of descent
with slow modification through natural selection." 24
This fatal stroke that frightened Darwin comes from the Cambrian period,
right at the outset of the fossil record.

THE EYE OF THE TRILOBITE
The eye of the trilobite, one of the species of the Cambrian, had an
extraordinary design. It consisted of hundreds of tiny eyes.
Moreover, each of these tiny eyes had two different The compound
lenses. It is reckoned that this structure called the eye structure of
"doublet structure" allowed the trilobites to see
the trilobite
underwater perfectly, without distortion. A
professor of geology from the University of
Harvard, David Raup says: "The trilobites
used an optimal design which would
require a well trained and imaginative
optical engineer to develop today." 25
This perfect eye structure was brought
into being 530 million years ago all of a
sudden in its perfect form. Additionally, the
compound eye system of the trilobites has
survived to our day without a single alteration.
Some insects, such as bees and dragon-flies,
have the same eye structure as did the trilobite.
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