Have you ever looked into the mirror and wondered just how deeply your roots stretch back in the tree of life? It might ...

Imagine a world where the boundaries between “fish” and “not-fish” blur, where the ancestors of birds and mammals once swam ...

Scientists reveal the genetic secret behind the thick lips of African cichlids, linked to parallel evolution and proteins.

Tiktaalik roseae had fish-like fins ... support or even propel the animal in shallow water or mud flats. If so, it changes our view of the evolution of tetrapods, whose ancestors were believed ...

However, this image oversimplifies the process of evolution. We did not evolve ... find the common ancestor of everything we call a “fish,” that you’d end up including tetrapods like cows and humans! ...

Anatomist Neil Shubin uncovers the answers in this new look at human evolution. Using fossils, embryos and genes, he reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish, reptiles and primates ...

For the past 150 years, scientists and laypeople alike have accepted a “savanna” scenario of human evolution. The theory, primarily based on fossil evidence, suggests that because our ancestral ape ...