evolution

A ‘one of a kind’ fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of the...

The transition from water to land is one of the most significant events in the history of life on Earth. Now, a team of roboticists, palaeontologists...

Two decades of cuckoo research have helped scientists to explain how battles between species can cause new species to arise

3D reconstructions suggest that simple marine animals living over 560 million years ago drove the emergence of more complex life by mixing the...

Competition between species played a major role in the rise and fall of hominins, and produced a “bizarre” evolutionary pattern for the Homo lineage.

The oldest fossilised forest known on Earth – dating from 390 million years ago – has been found in the high sandstone cliffs along the Devon and...

Research on neighbouring chimpanzee communities in the forests of West Africa suggests a warfare tactic not previously seen beyond humans is...

Digital modelling of legendary fossil’s soft tissue suggests Australopithecus afarensis had powerful leg and pelvic muscles suited to tree dwelling...