All species alive today, from chimpanzees to bacteria, are cousins that each have equally long lineages, rather than ...
A microorganism whose evolutionary roots can be traced to the era of the first multicellular animals may provide a glimpse of how single-celled organisms made a critical evolutionary leap. In ...
We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as "primitive" or "ancient" and ...
In an incredible discovery, scientists have uncovered what they believe is the oldest animal ever found on Earth. Known as Otavia antiqua, this primitive organism dating back 760 million years, was ...
Marine animals, such as the extremely simple flatworm Trichoplax, are ideal model organisms for studying the early ...
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Scientists in Canada's Arctic have discovered the fossil of a previously unknown web-footed carnivore that helps explain how seals developed from land-based mammals, a member of the ...
It is 1976 in Mrs.Prickett’s first grade class at the long-closed Williams Junior High School (located near Pleasant Valley High School in Calhoun County). During nap time, she reads stories about ...