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I'm reading Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe by Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee, which talks about the Cambrian explosion as well, in the context of the search for extraterrestrial life. It's perhaps a little dated, but a good read.

The book is excelent. Nick Lane also has many YouTube posted lectures that cover the topic. Eg. Alkaline hydrothermal Vent origin of life[0]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGxAB4Weq0U

And for the Cambrian Explosion, although somehow dated now, Gould's Wonderful Life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderful_Life_(book)

Thanks a lot, I was looking for such topics for a while !

Both Cosmoses (Carl Sagan's and Neil deGrasse Tyson's) also give a decent high level overview. The latter is still on Netflix I think.