Scientists have pushed back LUCA’s origin by hundreds of millions of years.

Evolution seems to follow a script more often than expected. Researchers found that distantly related butterflies and moths ...

Explore the history of life on Earth, from 3.5-billion-year-old fossils to the vast diversity of species on our planet today.

Oxygen played a key role in the evolution of complex organisms, according to new research published in BMC Evolutionary Biology. The study shows that the complexity of life forms increased earlier ...

We know that Darwinian evolution acts on all forms of life, but does evolution act on non-living materials as well? Otto and his team used a system of three different self-replicating molecules, that, ...

A collaborative team of scientists has discovered that life on Earth over three billion years ago relied on the metal ...

From the first sparks of life to the genetic shifts that let animals walk on land, scientists are piecing together the grand story of evolution. Recent breakthroughs link micro- and macroevolution, ...

A study presents a striking example of cooperative organization among cells as a potential force in the evolution of multicellular life. The study is based on the fluid dynamics of cooperative feeding ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A deficiency of oxygen and the heavy metal molybdenum in the ancient deep ocean may have delayed the evolution of animal life on Earth by nearly two billion years, a study led by ...