Andrew Parker (zoologist)
- Andrew Parker (zoologist)
Andrew Parker (Ph.D. Macquarie University) is a visiting member of the Oxford University Department of Zoology since 1999. He is a Royal Society University Research Fellow, an Ernest Cook Research Fellow, and a Research Associate of the Australian Museum and University of Sydney. He currently resides in Oxfordshire, in the United Kingdom.
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In his 2003 book "In the Blink of an Eye" ISBN 0-7382-0607-5, Parker proposes that the Cambrian Explosion, the sudden diversification in animal fossil forms at the start of the Cambrian Era, was due to the development of the vision faculty and the consequent intensification of predation.
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