Having a tail that extends beyond the anal opening is a requirement of membership in the phylum Chordata, where humans and all other vertebrates reside. But us humans don’t really have a “tail” in the ...

Discovery of ancient remains challenges existing evolutionary theories.

Discover NIROX Sculpture Park, South Africa’s leading outdoor gallery in the Cradle of Humankind, where art and nature meet.

Our bodies are not perfectly designed, but are a living archive of evolution. Anatomy reveals a historical record of ...

Some shark species might belong to their own distinct lineage, which is separate from all other sharks, rays and skates, ...

On the shores of the west coast of Australia lies a window to our past: the stromatolites and microbial mats of Gathaagudu ...

A remarkable new discovery is shedding light on one of the greatest survival stories in Earth's history, and answering a ...

Every breath you take is an ancient inheritance. The rise and fall of your chest, the intercostal muscles pulling your ribs ...

A fossil harvestman identified using advanced imaging techniques shows that extinct arachnid lineages once lived in Europe.