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 ...

Newly discovered fossils in Ethiopia show that Homo coexisted with Australopithecus 2.6 million years ago, rewriting the timeline of human evolution. Far from a straight line, early human history was ...

A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian explosion—the dramatic burst of diverse animal life—might have actually started millions of years earlier than we thought. By analyzing ancient ...

For over half a billion years, evolution has sculpted the nervous systems of bilaterian animals, equipping them with ...

Remarkable new fossil discoveries in New Zealand are driving a significant reassessment of our understanding of the early evolution of penguins. We know Antarctica was home to at least 10 species, ...

A groundbreaking fossil which is estimated to be 555 million years old has shed light on one of the biggest mysteries in evolution - the origins of Ecdysozoa, which includes insects, crustaceans, and ...