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521 Million Years Ago... Like an explosion of shelled confetti, trilobites crawled their way into existence during the early days of life on our planet. Not only did these early pioneers of the primordial earth survive, they thrived! They flourished for almost 280 million years and their fossils can be found on every single continent. Just for reference sake, humans have only been on the earth for about 200,000 years. So how did these seemingly simple creatures become one of the most ubiquitous species during the early years of life on our planet? Glad you asked.   Ocean life was drastically different when the...