The evolution of ankle and foot bones into different shapes and sizes helped mammals adapt and thrive after the extinction of the dinosaurs, a study suggests. A surge of evolution following the mass ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the aftermath of the asteroid impact 66 million years ago that doomed the dinosaurs, it appears that brawn was more important than brains for the mammals that managed to ...

(CN) — Researchers at the University of Colorado in Boulder identified three new species of prehistoric mammals through fossils that enhance scientific understanding of how quickly mammals evolved ...

About 55 million years ago, the Northern Hemisphere was the site of a major evolutionary makeover: Modern groups of mammals like the ancestors of the horse, deer, goats, primates, and opossumlike ...

It may have been the smart evolutionary strategy during a chaotic chapter of Earth’s history, but it didn’t last. By Jack Tamisiea Mammals are the brainiacs of the animal world. The brain of the sperm ...

Mammals have the largest brain to body size ratio among vertebrates, but how did this unprecedented encephalization emerge during their evolution? A new study by Ornella Bertrand and colleagues ...

A new book, The Rise and Reign of the Mammals by paleontologist Steve Brusatte, explores how our ancestors emerged, evolved, and took over the world. Reading time 10 minutes Deep time is a headache.

Many of the mammals that emerged right after the non-avian dinosaur extinction were hearty creatures, as exemplified by Ernanodon, a beast described in the latest issue of the Journal of Vertebrate ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Palaeontologists have taken a closer look at ...

Researchers report the discovery of several sets of fossilized tracks, likely from the brown bear-sized Coryphodon, that represent the earliest known evidence of mammals gathering near an ocean. Today ...

The evolution of ankle and foot bones into different shapes and sizes helped mammals adapt and thrive after the extinction of the dinosaurs, a study suggests. The evolution of ankle and foot bones ...