and fossils of more complex organisms in the newest rocks. This supports Darwin's theory of evolution, which states that simple life forms gradually evolved into more complex ones. Evidence for ...

Each of these ancient fossils, even if just a small part of a skeleton, represents an identifiable character in the story of humankind.

A new 450-million-year-old arthropod fossil, Lomankus edgecombei, has been uncovered in New York, revealing crucial ...

Since Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution, the incompleteness of the fossil record has been considered problematic for reconstructing evolutionary history from fossils. Darwin feared ...

By morning, the skeleton that would forever alter our understanding of human evolution had a name: Lucy. But during his first ...

In 1859 Darwin published On the Origin of Species, which outlined his theory of evolution. was an English naturalist who studied variation in plants, animals and fossils during a five-year voyage ...

A tiny insect that survived the extinction event which killed the dinosaurs throws up questions for evolutionary theory When ...

Innovation in Stone Tool Technology Involved Multiple Stages at the Time of Modern Human Dispersals Feb. 7, 2024 — A new study illuminates the cultural evolution ... year-old fossil ape ...

A nearly 100 million-year-old firefly fossilized in amber sheds light on how the bioluminescent insects evolved during the ...

Chinese researchers studied adult and larval Loricera specimens trapped in the Cretaceous in three amber fossils unearthed ...

The researchers believe that N. degiustoi likely reached its giant size—which rivaled that of most anurans alive during the age of reptiles (251.9–66.0 million years ago)—as a result of having a long ...

the evolution of diverse ape lineages,” Böhme says. With the addition of Buronius, European fossil ape genera related to modern great apes from between roughly 16 million and 6 million years ...