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Fossil hotspots in Africa obscure a more complete picture of human evolution

A new study shows how the mismatch between where fossils are preserved and where humans likely lived may influence our understanding of early human evolution. Much of the early human fossil ...
The Conversation

Fun with fossils: South African kids learn a whole lot more about human evolution from museum workshops

Shaw Badenhorst works for the University of the Witwatersrand. He receives funding from GENUS, the National Research Foundation and the Palaeontological Scientific Trust. South Africa has one of the ...
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New fossil lungfish from Yunnan sheds light on critical stage of early vertebrate evolution

A research team led by Prof. Zhu Min—a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and affiliated with the CAS Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP)—has identified a ...
Nature

Coelacanth Evolution And Fossil Record

Coelacanths, often termed “living fossils”, represent an extraordinary lineage of lobe‐finned fishes with a fossil record spanning from the Devonian to the present. Their evolutionary history is ...
JSTOR Daily

Middle Jurassic fossils document an early stage in salamander evolution

Salamanders are an important group of living amphibians and model organisms for understanding locomotion, development, regeneration, feeding, and toxicity in tetrapods. However, their origin and early ...