Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel ...

Human testicles are much smaller, in proportion, to some of our primate cousins. Evolution can tell us why. But the size of ...

For over a century, scientists have been captivated by the mystery of how mammals evolved from sprawling creatures resembling ...

PROTEUS, a system designed to harness “directed evolution,” can speed the process up by years, or even decades.

Mammal evolution to upright posture followed complex branching path rather than simple step-by-step progression.

A new breakdown of earthworm DNA could help us better understand how evolution works, and it could prove Darwin completely ...

An international research team led by scientists from the University of Vienna has uncovered new insights into how ...

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding could upend what’s known of their evolution.

The transition from sprawling (reptile-like) to more upright (parasagittal) posture and locomotion was a transformative event in mammalian evolution ...

An international study led by the National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology of the Spanish ...

Evolution of platypuses and echidnas tell the story of mammals A cross-section comparison shows (from left) a Kryoryctes (A), platypus (B) and echidna (C) humerus bone. Hand et al.