In animal evolution, the acquisition of new microRNA families seems to have been much more rapid than the acquisition of new transcription-factor families. Several authors have proposed that new ...

We are exploring the role of hydrothermal vents in driving the evolution of novel adaptations in deep-sea animals, throughout the 500+ million year history of complex life on our planet. In many parts ...

Discover how a recent fossil study sheds light on the evolution of the ventral nerve cord in ecdysozoan animals and its ...

“These structures closely resemble the ventral nerve cords seen in modern priapulids,” explained Dr Deng Wang and Dr Jean ...

"Nilpena is perhaps the best fossil site for understanding early animal evolution in the world because the fossils occur during a period of heightened diversity and we are able to excavate ...

Scientists discovered that choanoflagellates coordinate their movements through electrical signaling via voltage-gated calcium channels, offering key insights into the early evolution of ...

The discovery of a billion-year-old fossil in Scotland offers exciting new insight into animal evolution, BC researcher says Loch Torridon in Scotland, where the microfossil was discovered. Photo: ...

One of the most important milestones in the evolution of life began some 400 million years ago, when the first animals made their way from water onto land. At that time, known as the Devonian ...

Sexual Dimorphism in the Animal Kingdom; a Theory of the Evolution of Secondary Sexual Characters. By J. T. Cunningham Pp. xi + 317; with 32 illustrations. (London: Adam and Charles Black ...

In 1859 Darwin published On the Origin of Species, which outlined his theory of evolution. was an English naturalist who studied variation in plants, animals and fossils during a five-year voyage ...