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Journal of Biodiversity, Bioprospecting and Development

ISSN: 2376-0214

Open Access

Sandpile Criticality, Speciation, Mass Extinctions and Cambrian Explosion

Abstract

M. Ayhan Murtaza Baloch

The abelian sandpile model is used to explain in a new way-the Cambrian explosion, continuous speciation, speciation bursts, mass Extinctions and extinction bursts. The sandpile model explains why continuous speciation exist however speciation bursts seem more common a pattern. Moreover, it explains how Cambrian explosion may have been a result of a small environmental change.

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