Clear fossil evidence can be found most of the five major groups – here we see a Dickinsonia fossil, providing evidence of ancient animal life. Professor Gergely J. Szöllősi, author on this study and ...

Dive into the Origin of the Nova Corps with Variant Comics as we explore the beginnings of Marvel's cosmic peacekeepers! In this must-watch video, we'll uncover the most significant characters and ...

Fungi may have shaped Earth’s landscapes long before plants appeared. By combining rare gene transfers with fossil evidence, researchers have traced fungal origins back nearly a billion years earlier ...

New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution sheds light on the timelines and pathways of evolution of fungi, finding evidence of their influence on ancient terrestrial ecosystems. The study, ...

Scientists from MIT and elsewhere have identified chemical fossils that may have been left by ancient sponges in rocks more than 541 million years old. These chemical fossils are special types of ...

At a certain point in Earth’s distant past, the planet’s assortment of organic molecules and compounds aligned to create the very first living organisms. The identity of these first living things ...

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Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi travels the world digging into the origin of Homo sapiens in a five-part BBC series debuting Wednesday on PBS.

Human Evolution 'It makes no sense to say there was only one origin of Homo sapiens': How the evolutionary record of Asia is complicating what we know about our species Neuroscience In 'Secrets of the ...

StellaLaurus dives into the origin of Earth-1610's Reed Richards, the villain known as the Maker! How did Reed become The Maker? Find out in this Marvel deep dive! What to know about the fatal ...