A new study theorizes that evolution ticks at different speeds, especially when a big group of organisms first appears.

Timelapse of the Entire Universe is a visual journey through 13.8 billion years of cosmic history, from the birth of time itself to the present moment. In just minutes, this film compresses the ...

In the mice with large-brain primate microbes, the researchers found increased expression of genes associated with energy ...

The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth could have used RNA instead ...

A dense Arctic bonebed shows marine life and ocean food webs recovered far faster than scientists once believed after mass ...

Zhu Maoyan (second from right) and his students and colleagues conduct a fieldwork in Qinghai province in 2016. CHINA DAILY What began as a simple childhood fascination has driven Zhu Maoyan into ...

Human evolution is not a straight line but a complex branching tree shared with other great apes. This overview explains the distinction between hominids and hominins and traces the evolutionary ...