A new study theorizes that evolution ticks at different speeds, especially when a big group of organisms first appears.

A genomic atlas of Nematostella vectensis reveals how primitive animals created multiple cell types millions of years ago, ...

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The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright movement. It helps explain how human ancestors left life on all fours ...

Perhaps the height of emerging markets being promoted was the coining of the acronym BRICS in 2001. The thesis was that ...

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Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land.

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New research explains how dust links the formation, evolution, and fate of stars and planets, and why future telescopes are needed to observe these processes in detail ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...

The presidential pardon is a clause in the Constitution. With 11 elected American officials having received clemency from President Trump this year, is this power being misused? Professor Sai Prakash ...

The oldest fossilised remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...