Until now, there was a conflict in the field of paleontology. Genetic analysis of how fast traits mutated and evolved ...

The water-to-land transition stands as one of the most significant events in vertebrate evolution, giving rise to the two ...

A fossil bed in China containing animals up to 554 million years old suggests that we may have to reconsider the idea that ...

Ancient fossils from South China reveal the earliest bony fishes and shed new light on how jaws, teeth, and key vertebrate features evolved before the major fish lineages diverged.

Jawbone fragments and teeth from a previously unknown species hint that the evolution of modern apes occurred in what's now ...

Bucknell University Professor Jeffrey Trop, geology & environmental geosciences, is one of the recipients of a National Science Foundation (NSF) $148,000 collaborative grant supporting research that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Fossil discoveries unlock chapters of our planet’s storied ...