In 1859, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was postulated in “On the Origin of Species.” In this theory, Darwin suggested that evolution occurred gradually, although there were no complete fossils.

Scientists have discovered a remarkably well-preserved 100-million-year-old beetle fossil that provides a rare glimpse into the evolution of the intricate sensory and communication systems used by ...

Natural selection has long been considered the driving force behind human evolution. But a landmark study of 87 fossil skulls spanning the past two million years suggests the story is far more complex ...

A beautifully preserved fossil from Mongolia’s Gobi Desert has solved a mystery that puzzled paleontologists for nearly 40 years. Tamirkhan balcarceli shows that zhelestids were not early relatives of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Field photos of the Khugenetsavkhlant badlands in the Eastern Gobi Desert of Mongolia, which is where Tamirkhan balcarceli was ...

The earliest animals may have evolved hundreds of millions of years before their first unmistakable fossils appear in the fossil record, according to a new study led by the University of Oxford. The ...

A small fossil from the windswept Gobi Desert is forcing scientists to rethink a long chapter in the story of mammal evolution. For decades, researchers believed a group of ancient mammals called ...