A well-preserved fossilised worm from over 518 million years could be the ancestor of three major groups of living animals, according to an international team including researchers from the University of Bristol, University of Oxford and the Natural History Museum. According to the University of Bristol, the creature is called Wufengella bengtsoni, and the 1.2 […]
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Scientists in Australia have unearthed beautifully preserved fossilized hearts and other internal organs of ancient armored fish in a discovery that provides insight into the evolution of the bodies of vertebrates – including humans. The researchers on Thursday described the heart, the organ that pumps blood through the body’s circulatory system, in fish called placoderms […]
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Twenty years ago, scientists discovered a 7-million-year-old skull that they concluded belonged to a creature who walked upright and was our earliest known ancestor. Not everyone was convinced. Now, the researchers are back with more evidence they say strengthens their case. Their new study published Wednesday analyzed arm and leg fossils found near the skull […]
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Scientists have identified evolutionary modifications in the voice box distinguishing people from other primates that may underpin a capability indispensable to humankind – speaking. Researchers said on Thursday an examination of the voice box, known as the larynx, in 43 species of primates showed that humans differ from apes and monkeys in lacking an anatomical […]
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