A new study combining genomic analyses and fossil evidence sheds light on the century-old "Palaeoptera Problem," a ...

Scientists examine DNA evidence connected to early human ancestors. The video explains how researchers study the finding ...

The evidence exists in so-called magnetofossils found in marine sediments that have been dated to 97 million years old.

Theories that aquatic foraging drove human evolution have a fraught past. But the pair argue it granted stamina that other ...

The first major evolutionary change in the human diet was the incorporation of meat and marrow from large animals, which occurred by at least 2.6 million years ago.

Dianjunus rex produces structures up to 50 centimeters tall and belongs to a newly described fungal family from Yunnan, China ...

The microbialite record can tell us a great deal about life on Earth. It gives us clues about where some of the earliest life ...

Sled dogs may have evolved shorter legs to help them pull loads more efficiently. Currently working sled dogs and those that ...

A 165-million-year-old fossil contains clues to the mouth and throat structures that help modern mammals drink milk. The ...

Two identical sisters came into the world carrying the same rare cancer. They lost their lives to an undifferentiated sarcoma ...

The sudden appearance of complex animals has led scientists to argue that animals must have a “hidden history”, a period in ...