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Published Earliest known European common hippopotamus fossil reveals their Middle Pleistocene dispersal



Modern hippos first dispersed in Europe during the Middle Pleistocene, according to a new study....
Published Tiny new species of great ape lived in Germany 11 million years ago



Ancient apes in Germany co-existed by partitioning resources in their environment, according to a ne...
Published Giant prehistoric flying reptile took off using similar method to bats, study finds



The pterosaur likely used all four limbs to propel itself in the air, as seen in bats today, researc...
Published Fossil shows how penguins' wings evolved



A tiny fossil penguin plays a huge role in the evolutionary history of the bird, an international st...
Published Extinct reptile discovery reveals earliest origins of human teeth, study finds - Extinct Reptile Discovery Reveals Earliest Origins of Human Teeth, Study Finds


A new extinct reptile species has shed light on how our earliest ancestors became top predators by m...
Published Oldest known fossilized skin is 21 million years older than previous examples



Researchers have identified a 3D fragment of fossilized skin that is at least 21 million years than...
Published First 'warm-blooded' dinosaurs may have emerged 180 million years ago



The ability to regulate body temperature, a trait all mammals and birds have today, may have evolved...
Published How did humans learn to walk? New evolutionary study offers an earful



A new study, which centers on evidence from skulls of a 6-million-year-old fossil ape, Lufengpithecu...
Published Bringing back an ancient bird



Using ancient DNA extracted from the toe bone of a museum specimen, biologists have sequenced the ge...
Published Researchers' analysis of perching birds points to new answers in evolutionary diversification



When Charles Darwin traveled to the Galapagos Islands almost 200 years ago as a gentleman naturalist...
Published Dinosaur study challenges Bergmann's rule



A new study calls into question Bergmann's rule, an 1800s-era scientific principle stating that anim...
Published Birdfeeders are designed to keep unwanted guests away



The first birdfeeders were made in the 19th century, and their design rapidly evolved during the 20t...
Published Tiny New Zealand bird delivers a lesson in birdsong evolution



Scientists are rethinking the evolution of vocal learning in birds. New Zealand's smallest bird, the...
Published Scientists zero in on timing, causes of ice age mammal extinctions in southern California



Radiocarbon dating on bones in the La Brea Tar Pits lead archaeologists to warn that history may be...
Published Tiny scales reveal megalodon was not as fast as believed, but it had a mega-appetite explaining its gigantism



A new study reveals the iconic extinct Megalodon, or 'megatooth shark', was a rather slow cruiser th...
Published Holy bat skull! Fossil adds vital piece to bat evolution puzzle



Bats may have lived in caves and used soundwaves to navigate much earlier than first thought....
Published New research sheds light on an old fossil solving an evolutionary mystery



Picrodontids -- an extinct family of placental mammals that lived several million years after the ex...
Published Archaeologists discover oldest known bead in the Americas



The bead found at the La Prele Mammoth site in Wyoming's Converse County is about 12,940 years old a...
Published Killer instinct drove evolution of mammals' predatory ancestors



The evolutionary success of the first large predators on land was driven by their need to improve as...
Published Florida fossil porcupine solves a prickly dilemma 10-million years in the making



An exceptionally rare fossilized porcupine skeleton discovered in Florida has allowed researchers to...