People typically think about evolution as a linear process where, within a species, the classic adage of "survival of the ...

After having been relegated to the backrooms of dusty museums, surrounded by a cadre of venerable scientists and even older fossils, evolutionary systematics is now enjoying a renaissance that began ...

A completely new order of marine sponges has been found by researchers at the Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University. The sponge order, named Vilesida, produces substances that could be used in drug ...

All forestry schools teach tree classification as a basic course. Lots of Latin names. Groups of similar trees, in at least some ways. It’s kinda fun but not for everybody.

One of the most complete hominin fossils ever discovered could completely change our understanding of human evolution, new ...

The ancient skeleton known as “Little Foot” has long been a celebrity in paleoanthropology, but a new wave of research is pushing it into even more provocative territory. Instead of fitting neatly ...

A WORLD-FAMOUS fossil nicknamed “Little Foot” may actually belong to a new humanlike species. The fossil was previously ...

After decades of excavation and debate, a new analysis argues that Little Foot — one of the most complete hominin fossils ...

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4 British Athletics Medical Team, British Athletics National Performance Centre, LoughboroughUniversity, Loughborough, UK Correspondence to Dr Noel Pollock, British Athletics Medical Team, Level 1 ...