Thousands of fossils from the La Brea tar pits in California show no signs of mammals and birds evolving in response to ...

Scientists used enamel proteins from 2-million-year-old teeth to find unexpected variation in Paranthropus robustus.

A team of researchers recently set out to northern Alaska to collect avian fossils — and discovered the earliest known ...

The Chicago Archaeopteryx provides rare 3D insights into skull evolution, soft tissue structure, and the first evidence of ...

Scientists were finally given access to a remarkable Archaeopteryx fossil that’s allowed them to better understand exactly ...

Analysis of feathers trapped in amber sheds new light on evolutionary path that led to early birds’ ability to fly.

Newly discovered feathers were crucial to how Archaeopteryx was able to fly. Archaeopteryx is the fossil that helped confirm ...

These human ancestors would have had plenty to take advantage of near these ancient rivers. Trees bore fruit all year, and ...

Neanderthal populations suffered a single late genetic bottleneck, refuting long-held theories about their diversity.

Most modern birds solved this issue by evolving shorter appendages to accompany their tertial feathers. But even though ...

Scientists find red blood cell-like structures in a dinosaur fossil, shedding light on cancer’s ancient origins.

despite obvious evidence of climate change at 20,000 years ago.” Yet fossils show that many species have remained largely unchanged over millions of years. It might be that the rapid evolution ...