In a discovery that may further our understanding of the early evolution of life on Earth, a research team, including ...

Most of us do it, be it romantic, familial, friendly or formal, but kissing among humans and where and how it originated is ...

the evolution of bats' wings and legs is tightly coupled, which may have prevented them from filling as many ecological niches as ... How Life Began on Earth: Modeling Earth's Ancient Atmosphere ...

According to scientists from the University of Geneva, this organism can form multicellular structures resembling early ...

Researchers used fossils, footprints, and computer models to reveal that evolution to upright posture wasn't straightforward.

Researchers use robots and fossils to simulate ancient species' movements, revealing how life transitioned from water to land ...

Chromosphaera perkinsii is a single-celled species discovered in 2017 in marine sediments around Hawaii. The first signs of ...

South west of Cairo, deep in Egypt’s Western Desert, there lie treasures even more ancient than the pharaohs’ tombs — and travellers can visit them to see one of the great mysteries of evolution ...

To study if R. palustris could extract molybdenum from molybdenite, the researchers first created a mutant strain with its ...

The earliest cells likely didn’t have membranes to separate and protect their components and chemistry away from a harsh surrounding environment. But they may have made do with rain.

When a meteorite with the mass of four Mount Everests hit Earth 3.2 billion years ago, it caused global chaos and provided an ...