Centromeres play virtually the same central role across the entire tree of life: They ensure the faithful segregation of ...

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One of the defining features of human evolution is the steady expansion of our brains. New findings suggest this growth may be partly linked to higher levels of estrogen before birth. Surprisingly, a ...

Life’s story may stretch further back than scientists once thought. Some genes found in nearly every organism today were already duplicated before all life shared a common ancestor. By tracking these ...

A remarkably preserved 150-million-year-old shark fossil is forcing researchers to reconsider how modern sharks evolved. The species, Bavariscyllium, displays a mix of features that do not align with ...

The catastrophic impact of an asteroid 66 million years ago brought death and devastation on Earth—but also fascinating new life.

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection transformed biology and continues to guide modern science, from ...

New plankton arrived just a few millennia — maybe even decades — after the Chicxulub asteroid, forcing a rethink of evolution ...

Scientists from several countries have identified a new dinosaur species called Foskeia pelendonum, a very small plant-eating ...

Lipstick vines in Taiwan look different from their red-flowered relatives. When scientists dug into the family tree, they uncovered an evolutionary mystery.

The process of evolution usually takes thousands, millions or even billions of years. But researchers have found a way to condense it into a matter of minutes using a method called 'directed evolution ...