The shift from a sprawled stance, like that of lizards, to the upright posture of modern mammals, as in humans, dogs, and horses, marked a pivotal moment in evolution. It involved a major ...

that walked the earth 225 million years ago at the same time as some of the oldest dinosaurs and sheds light on the evolution of modern mammals, according to a team of Brazilian and British ...

In the study, published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Anatomy on Monday, Brazilian and British researchers ... of this period and the evolution of modern mammals," Martha Richter, scientific ...

The brains of birds, reptiles, and mammals evolved independently, reveal two recent studies. These findings revolutionize our ...

"Our findings challenge conventional views on upper jaw evolution," the researchers said in a statement. Compared with our distant cousins the reptiles, the faces of mammals are made more complex ...

A jump in the body temperature of mammal ancestors over 200 million years ago may signal the beginning of a more active way of life. As mammaliamorphs switched from being cold to warm blooded, new ...

The living mammal family tree is full of diverse species–big blue whales, great apes, bats, rodents, and humans, to name just a few. The early evolution of mammals is a little bit murky ...

Some ancient traits were lost and had a major influence on mammal evolution. One of the significant losses among mammal ancestors was gastralia, or belly ribs. Early synapsids like Ophiacodon had ...

WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) - Scientists have answered a longstanding question about mammalian evolution, examining ear anatomy of living and extinct mammals and their close relatives to ...

He also suggests incorporating paleoclimate data into the analysis to look for any links between changes in climate and mammal evolution — patterns that could hint at possible rippling ...

The brains of birds, reptiles, and mammals evolved independently, reveal two recent studies. These findings revolutionize our understanding of brain evolution. The pallium, a crucial brain region for ...