Dr Aaron Camens, Professor John Long and Dr Alice Clement with a replica of the fossil trackways at Flinders University's Palaeontology Lab. The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to ...

Spiders and their ancestors have been driving an arms race that began before either stepped foot onto land and resulted in the first powered flight on Earth. But how did this competition of webs ...

Could you make it in the swamps of the Late Carboniferous Period? The swamps of the Late Carboniferous Period teemed with giant insects, but it’s time for the amniotes - the ancestors of all reptiles, ...

The emergence onto land of four-limbed creatures called tetrapods was a key step in the evolutionary journey of terrestrial organisms, including humans. Writing in Nature, Long et al. 1 present ...

Body coverings such as hair and feathers have played a central role in evolution. They enabled warm-bloodedness by insulating the body, and were used for courtship, display, deterrence of enemies and, ...

Arthropleura grew up to 10-1/2 feet (3.2 meters) long Head anatomy indicates Arthropleura ate plants French fossils date to 305 million years ago Oct 10 (Reuters) - During the Carboniferous Period, ...