Mounting evidence from genome studies indicates that, contrary to received wisdom, our species has undergone profound ...

A new study suggests two fossil trackways found in Australia were made by an early amniote, a group that today includes ...

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Fossilized tracks from an early reptile are now the oldest known reptilian tracks, meaning the tetrapod ancestor most likely ...

By physically engineering their environments, megafauna such as dinosaurs curbed fruit seed sizes—a role that now may be ...

That sums up the deep secrets that have come to light in new research into human evolution, which have turned our ...

Paleontologists have identified Mosura fentoni, a three-eyed predator from the Cambrian Period, based on over 60 fossils ...

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A groundbreaking discovery in Argentina uncovers the oldest known rebbachisaurid, rewriting what we know about dinosaur ...

Fossil discovery pushes the history of Australian tree frogs back 55 million years, reshaping our understanding of their ...

Australian scientists' discovery of the continent's oldest known tree frog fossil, dating back 55 million years, reshapes ...

In other words, the appearance of reptiles—and by extension, the evolutionary branch that leads to humankind—gets pushed back by 35 million years. The team’s conclusions also mean that the split ...