Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but a new analysis extends the chart of life to nearly 2 billion years ago. The ...

Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but ...

If all the world's a stage and all the species merely players, then their exits and entrances can be found in the rock record ...

Evolution is often depicted as a steady forward march from simple to complex forms. But new research shows that certain ferns ...

As the world undergoes rapid change due to anthropogenic carbon emissions, scientists will need to know what plants have the ...

speculative science of chemical evolution that led to the first glimmer of life. Most pre-evolutionists agree, said Dr. Calvin, that life first appeared something like 2 billion years ago when the ...

“Evolution isn't just a story about where ... way will provide a strong foundation for pursuing any topic in the life sciences, from astrobiology to zoology. As Russian biologist Theodosius ...

Tiffany Taylor, professor of microbial ecology and evolution at the University of Bath in the U.K., recommends the books that ...

By establishing the biggest paleobiology database of early Earth to date and employing cutting-edge analytical tools, including supercomputer and artificial intelligence, an international ...