Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered that mammals began adapting to terrestrial lifestyles millions of ...

The researchers extended their analysis to eight exemplary fossil species from four continents spanning 300 million years of evolution. The species ranged from the 35g proto-mammal Megazostrodon ...

New discoveries shed light on an ancient human species and its evolutionary links to modern humans. Stephen Chester, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate ...

New radioisotopic datings of volcanic fossil sites are helping researchers unravel the evolution of mammals. The University ...

But it’s not yet clear what the dates have to say about the evolution of mammals, apes, and humans as the researchers haven’t fully described the fossils found at these sites, he says.

Murphy, a National Academy of Sciences member and Texas A&M University System Regents Professor, is Texas A&M’s third recipient of the SEC’s highest faculty honor.

Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence ...

"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 ...