Scientists discovered some of the oldest bony fish fossils in China. The fossils explain the early history of animals with backbones.

A research team led by Profs. Zhu Min, Lu Jing, and Zhu You'an from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and ...

According to the data considered by its authors—a team from the University of Sussex (UK) and Lund University ...

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While there is a common belief that the evolution of humans can be traced back to fishlike vertebrate ancestors, pinpointing the origins of bony fish — a key group in this evolution — remains ...

Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a ...

Immunostaining depicts collagen-2 (cyan) and nucleus (magenta) at the articulation in the little skate embryo's pelvic joint. (Neelima Sharma/University of Chicago) (CN) — Neelima Sharma, a researcher ...

New minuscule fossils of Purgatorius, the earliest-known relative of all primates—including humans—have been unearthed in a ...

Scientists say humans share ancestry with a tiny one eyed creature from 600 million years ago, and remnants of its “cyclops” eye may still exist deep inside our brains.

Chinese paleontologists have discovered the world's oldest complete bony fish fossils, dating back 436 million years ...