Known as the Cambrian Explosion, this flurry of rapid evolution produced most of the animal phyla and ecosystems we see around us today. And it may have taken off because some of those early animals ...

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A new genomic study from Smithsonian scientists traces the honeycreepers' explosive diversification to the formation of O'ahu ...

Ant parenting may have evolved from the same brain systems that once controlled hunger. Researchers found that two chemical signals push clonal raider ants toward either caring for larvae or leaving ...

Some cynodonts may have been giving birth to live young much sooner in evolutionary history than previously assumed. A new ...

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The microscopic structure of fossilized bones helps solve ‘inscrutable mystery’ about the reproduction of ancestor of true ...

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Scientists may have uncovered evidence that a mammal ancestor was giving birth to live young 236 million years ago. A fossilized cynodont showed a neonatal growth line and an unusually large birth ...