John Long/The ConversationThe emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution of many species today – including humans.Our new discovery, published today in Nature, ...

When did the first hominins start to walk upright? Recent studies of an upper leg bone from *Sahelanthropus tchadensis* ...

However, a pair of fossilized skull fragments recently found off the Javanese coast are helping experts recontextualize the ...

Your teeth play important roles in your daily life, but have you ever wondered how humans evolved to have them? Skin scales ...

We now have full genome sequences for six species of apes, helping us to pin down our last common ancestor – and potentially ...

Velociraptors and pterosaurs would be a dangerous hybrid, but what will this deadly combination look like in Jurassic World Rebirth?

Fossilized claw tracks discovered in Australia show that the animal group that includes reptiles, mammals and birds formed ...

Scientists have now discovered the oldest ancestor for all the Australian tree frogs, with distant links to the tree frogs of South America.

Scientists have now discovered the oldest ancestor for all the Australian tree frogs, with distant links to the tree frogs of South America.Newly ...

Learn more about the lineages of Australian and South American tree frogs, which separated approximately 55 million years ago at the latest, according to a new analysis of fossils.

Australian tree frogs today make up over one third of all known frog species on the continent. Among this group, iconic ...