Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a cyclopean invertebrate with a single eye atop the head.

Bats are some of the most highly specialized mammals to have ever evolved. This includes not only the evolution of active ...

Discover the latest news, features and articles about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

The human chin is uniquely human, and the assumption has always been that it must have evolved for a specific purpose, ...

Deep in the heart of the Sahara, scientists have uncovered Spinosaurus mirabilis — a spectacular new predator crowned with a ...

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A paper published in Science describes the discovery of Spinosaurus mirabilis, a new spinosaurid species found in Niger. A 20-person team led by Paul Sereno, Ph.D., Professor of Organismal Biology and ...

The bony facial protrusion might be an evolutionary byproduct that resulted from changes to other parts of the skull, according to a new study ...

“The chin evolved largely by accident and not through direct selection, but as an evolutionary byproduct resulting from direct selection on other parts of the skull,” says Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel, ...

A new study explains why humans have chins while other primates do not. Researchers found that the chin likely formed as a ...