In other words, the appearance of reptiles—and by extension, the evolutionary branch that leads to humankind—gets pushed back by 35 million years. The team’s conclusions also mean that the split ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The common ancestor of all tetrapods (including humans) was previously thought to have emerged at the dawn of the Carboniferous period.

Before this study, the earliest known amniote fossils had been found in Nova Scotia, Canada, and were dated to the mid-Carboniferous period, about 319 million years ago. The latest findings ...

Scientists have identified fossilized tracks of an amniote with clawed feet -- most probably a reptile -- from the Carboniferous period, about 350 million years ago. The origin of reptiles on ...

The timeline of these events has seemed clear-cut: the first tetrapods evolved during the Devonian period and the earliest members of the modern groups appeared during the following Carboniferous ...

This time period took place 359 to 299 million years ago. 3 min read The Carboniferous period, part of the late Paleozoic era, takes its name from large underground coal deposits that date to it.

Amniotoes and the earliest members of the modern groups of animals we see today followed fishapods during the Carboniferous period. Previously, the earliest amniote fossils dated back to about 320 ...

The growth of vast forests removed significant amounts of carbon dioxide, resulting in atmospheric oxygen levels potentially ...

Before this study, the earliest known amniote fossils had been found in Nova Scotia, Canada, and were dated to the mid-Carboniferous period, about 319 million years ago. The latest findings ...

Previously it was understood that the first tetrapods came about during the Devonian period, with their modern descendents emerging later in the following Carboniferous period. Considering that ...