New research has revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex brain circuits independently, despite sharing a common ancestor. These findings challenge the traditional view of ...

The age of the dinosaurs may conjure images of large, fearsome reptiles in the minds of many – but those were far from the ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

We suggest that as the Earth changed physically and chemically over time, its surface conditions allowed for a greater diversity of habitats for life. And these changes operate on geologic timescales ...

Baminornis is a landmark discovery and ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery ...

Slick and hyper-violent, Underworld also featured a crazy talented cast including Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy, and Michael Sheen. The Surprising Star Wars Connections & Cameos in Hook ...

In a significant advancement for renewable energy technologies, a new catalyst has been developed that dramatically improves the efficiency and stability of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in ...

The story of human evolution in ancient past is said to be written in our modern bodies. In his book “Descent of Man,” Charles Darwin talks about vestigial structures. A vestigial structure is a body ...

Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...

Scientists found that evolution led bird and mammal brains to evolve separately, using different genetic instructions.