“Such soft-tissue structures are extremely rare in the fossil record – and the further back we look in Earth’s history, the ...

Studying human evolution involves piecing together scattered clues about how we survived against tough odds. One of the biggest mysteries is understanding how large or small ancient human populations ...

This evidence has proven highly controversial, as it predates the fossil record of sponges by a minimum of 100 million years. Now an international team of scientists led by Dr. M. Eleonora Rossi, from ...

Chapter 1. The fossil record of parasitism: Its extent and taphonomic constraints -- Chapter 2. Importance of data on fossil symbioses for parasite-host evolution -- Chapter 3. Biodiversity and ...

Parasites of Fossil Vertebrates: What We Know and What can We Expect from the Fossil Record? / Tommy L. F. Leung -- Fossil Record of Viruses, Parasitic Bacteria and Parasitic Protozoa / George Poinar ...

The fossil record of squamates, encompassing both lizards and snakes, provides an intricate account of evolutionary innovation over millions of years. Fossils elucidate key morphological transitions, ...

Newly discovered fossils, belonging to the mammal-precursor species Brasilodon quadrangularis and Riograndia guaibensis, offer critical insights into the development of the mammalian jaw and middle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fossils from Australia’s Talbragar beds reveal the oldest known midges in the Southern Hemisphere. (CREDIT: Gondwana Research) ...

Beginning with a recently discovered 47-million-year-old primate fossil, Switek effectively and eloquently demonstrates the exponential increase in fossils that have been found since Darwin first ...

Creepy collector she is not; Cooke's quest for canines, incisors, and molars is driven by a desire to better understand Earth's past. Give this intrepid paleontologist a fossilized tooth, and there's ...