Fossils from China's Chengjiang beds reveal that early vertebrate ancestors, jawless fish called myllokunmingids, possessed ...

Like other living creatures, humans have been shaped by evolution. Over time, we have developed – and continue to develop – traits that help us survive.

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Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...

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B efore there was Charles Darwin, there was Erasmus.

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Why don't humans have tails anymore?Author Mark Grabowski Senior Lecturer of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores ...

Enough similarities warrant contrasting, and the difference in magnitude can be seen as a blessing, dismissed in one-eye ...

To the local people feeding the growing flock every day, they are ‘perfect’ creatures with beautiful plumage. To others, they are creating a Hitchcockian nightmare – defecating, stealing and spreading ...

We're all living in the future -- especially in these films that set their eyes on 2026 as the destination for their sci-fi plots.