Humans are captivated by the idea of finding life elsewhere in the universe – and even more by the idea that life, if found, might resemble the complex, animal life here on Earth. One of the easiest ...

Until now, there was a conflict in the field of paleontology. Genetic analysis of how fast traits mutated and evolved ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in southwest China is rewriting the story of how complex animal life began, showing that many key animal groups appeared millions of years earlier than scientists once ...

Learn how newly discovered Ediacaran fossils are pushing the origins of animals back millions of years before the Cambrian ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - A remarkable assemblage of fossils from China is revealing that animal life ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Here's why Dickinsonia challenges our previously held ...

A newly discovered fossil site in southwest China has transformed our understanding of how complex animal life emerged on ...

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Last week, I published a commentary titled “Donald Griffin, Cognitive Ethology, and Animal Life Histories” in the scientific journal Animal Sentience. The occasion was a new and excellent biography of ...