A living fossil fish just proved we've misunderstood a major chapter in the story of evolution. For decades, the coelacanth — an ancient fish species that first appeared 400 million years ago — was ...

Cod used to be giants. With their impressive size—over a meter in length and weighing up to 40 kilograms—and abundance, they, alongside herring, were the backbone of the Baltic fishery. Today, a fully ...

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In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you picture human evolution. These finds, dating back between 2.6 and 2.8 ...

BEIJING, 6 March (BelTA - Xinhua) - Fossils of two fish from over 400 million years ago - one a tiny streamlined creature, the other a giant among vertebrates of its time with bizarre teeth - have ...

Scientists discovered some of the oldest bony fish fossils in China. The fossils explain the early history of animals with backbones.

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. If I tried to recap all the new fossils, new methods and ...

Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild animals. By Emily Anthes Call it the case of the incredible shrinking cod.

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...

When people build cities and introduce invasive creatures, resident critter populations sometimes adapt Brian Handwerk - Science Correspondent When humans build cities and introduce invasive species, ...