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Embryo fossil found in South Africa is world's oldest proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (762+ words) Between 280 and 200 million years ago, a group of animals evolved which would eventually give rise to mammals, including humans: the therapsids. They were first described more than 150 years ago, based on fossils from South Africa. Since then, many more fossils…...
How to eat an elephant: fossil find in Tanzania shows oldest signs of butchering these giant mammals
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (534+ words) Manuel Dom'nguez-Rodrigo does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Rice University provides funding as a…...
Our modern vision evolved from an ancient one-eyed worm creature
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (827+ words) Research Fellow in Neuroscience, University of Sussex Professor emeritus of Zoology, Lund University George Kafetzis receives funding from the European Research Council and the Leverhulme Trust. Dan Nilsson receives funding from The Swedish Research Council, and The EU Horizons program....
Land animals evolved from ocean ancestors " new study unravels the genetics behind the transition
2+ week, 19+ hour ago (513+ words) Ph D Candidate in Biological Science, University of Bristol The transition from water to land is a question that still intrigues scientists. Those ancient organisms would have needed to adapt to several new challenges to life out of water. So,…...
Cacti may help explain a centuries-old mystery of evolution
3+ week, 1+ day ago (610+ words) Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology, University of Reading Jamie Thompson receives funding from The Leverhulme Trust. University of Reading provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. This question of why some branches of the tree of life explode into…...
We thought inbred koalas were at risk of extinction. But what we discovered upends genetic conventions
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (809+ words) Associate Senior Research Scientist, The University of Melbourne Visiting Fellow - Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University Adam Miller receives funding from federal and state governments, industry partners, Traditional Owners groups and philanthropy RMIT University and Western Sydney University…...
New fossil reveals the weird "tooth cushions" of an apex predator from 425 million years ago
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1051+ words) Ph D Candidate, Evolutionary Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Brian Choo has received funding from the Australian Research Council. Jing Lun receives funding from the Natural Science Foundation of China and Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology. Flinders University provides…...
Meet the "Old Mother Goose" from NZ"s subtropical prehistoric past
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (822+ words) Associate Professor in Ancient DNA, University of Otago Curator of Vertebrates, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Nic Rawlence receives funding from the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund and the University of Otago. Alan Tennyson received funding…...
250 million-year-old amphibian fossils from Australia reveal global spread of "sea-salamanders
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (703+ words) Lecturer, School of Education, UNSW Sydney Lachlan Hart does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment....
If evolution is real, then why isn't it happening now? An anthropologist explains that humans actually are still evolving
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (908+ words) Michael A. Little does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Binghamton University, State University of New…...