Wisdom teeth are more than just an uncomfortable dentist appointment. They are evidence of how human evolution cherry-picked ...

Somewhere in the deep past, long before cities, scriptures or even structured speech, an ancestor of ours did something ...

Between 280 and 200 million years ago, a group of animals evolved which would eventually give rise to mammals, including humans: the therapsids. They were first described more than 150 years ago, ...

Tanyka amnicola is a newly identified ancient tetrapod known from unusual twisted jawbones adapted for grinding plants. This ...

Our bodies are not perfectly designed, but are a living archive of evolution. Anatomy reveals a historical record of ...

There are a lot of free courses offered by Canadian universities that you can take online. But the University of Alberta has ...

Human anatomy reveals evolutionary compromises, not perfect design. Our spine's structure, inherited from ancestors, causes ...

The human body is often described as a marvel of “perfect design”: elegant, efficient and finely tuned for its purpose. Yet, when we look closer, a rather different picture emerges.      Far from ...

Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant, which can weigh up to 6,000 kg. This was Elephas ...

A 250-million-year-old fossil of Lystrosaurus has uncovered new evidence that mammal ancestors, like this species, laid eggs.

The land of Australia is inhabited by some of the most exotic fauna that can be found on the planet, due primarily to its ...