The Many Humans of the Globe As our species (Homo sapiens) evolved and spread across the globe, they were contemporary with ...

New research finds that the traits that make vertebrates distinct from invertebrates were made possible by the emergence of a new set of genes 500 million years ago, documenting an important episode ...

Vertebrates exhibit substantial variation in eye size. Eye size correlates positively with visual capacity and behaviors that enhance fitness, such as predator avoidance. This foreshadows a connection ...

Animals from completely different branches of the tree of life, such as insects, worms and vertebrates, independently evolved ...

UCC palaeontologists have discovered new evidence that the fate of vertebrate animals over the last 400 million years has been shaped by microscopic melanin pigments. This new twist in the story of ...

Vertebrate evolution was accompanied by two rounds of whole genome duplication followed by functional divergence in terms of regulatory circuits and gene expression patterns. As a basal and ...

Scientists in Australia have unearthed beautifully preserved fossilized hearts and other internal organs of ancient armored fish in a discovery that provides insight into the evolution of the bodies ...

Corticoid receptors, encompassing both glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors, are pivotal to the regulation of physiological processes across vertebrates. These receptors have evolved through ...

The cranial anatomy of an extinct fish reveals an intermediate stage in the evolution of feeding systems in vertebrates, a study finds. During the transition from water to land, vertebrates shifted ...

Tidal marshes : home for the few and the highly selected / Russell Greenberg -- The Quaternary geography and biogeography of tidal saltmarshes / Karl P. Malamud-Roam [and others] -- Diversity and ...

New CU Boulder-led research finds that the traits that make vertebrates distinct from invertebrates were made possible by the emergence of a new set of genes 500 million years ago, documenting an ...