Researchers have identified microstructures in fossil cells that are 1.75 billion years old. These structures, called thylakoid membranes, are the oldest ever discovered. They push back the fossil ...

A body fossil of a thorny-headed worm (Acanthocephala) has been dated to the Jurassic period, about 165 million years ago. It has characteristics of both Acanthocephala and tiny animals called ...

The mystery behind the origins of the dinosaurs may have been given a new twist, with a modeling study suggesting they may have evolved in what is today equatorial Africa and South America. This would ...

Therapsids, the ancient ancestors of mammals, were integral to Earth’s ecosystems during the middle to late Permian period.

A new study reports the discovery of extremely rare early human fossils from the Indonesian island of Flores, including an astonishingly small adult limb bone. Dated to about 700,000 years old, the ...

http://www.literature.org/authors/darwin-charles/the-origin-of-species-6th-edition/ This site is the online version of The Origin of Species, 6th edition. The ...

Researchers say the species they named Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis predated the dinosaur era’s great predator. By Asher Elbein A team of researchers have announced the discovery of a new species of ...

Beginning with a recently discovered 47-million-year-old primate fossil, Switek effectively and eloquently demonstrates the exponential increase in fossils that have been found since Darwin first ...

Introduction: Seeing and knowing -- Ancient snakes, modern snakes: "what is a snake?" -- Ancient snake lizards: the fossil record -- The anatomy of ancient snake lizards -- Ancient snake lizard ...

Alice Clement receives funding from the Australian Research Council and is employed by Flinders University. John Long receives funding from The Australian Research Council and is employed by Flinders ...