Evolution

160 million years later: This rare fossil is overturning everything we knew about how birds evolved

Research on the Anchiornis specimen reveals hidden feather structures that contradict old theories on dinosaur flight. Scientists are now re-evaluating how and when animals first took to the skies.

160-million-year-old Anchiornis fossils.
Raccoon Paul eats at the home of veterinarian Mathilde Laininger in Berlin, Germany, January 27, 2022. She cares for four raccoons that can no longer be released into the wild.

Want a personal trash panda? Raccoons may be evolving for domestication

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Linguistics unlocked: Israeli scientists publish breakthrough research on language development

Artist illustration of Z. rinpoche.

Why this small dinosaur from Mongolia is rewriting the story of dome-headed evolution


Why males have lower-pitched voices - study

A new study finds that large group size and mating systems in which males have multiple mates drove the evolution of lower-pitched voices in primates.


Humans' ancestors, dogs, bats may have coexisted with dinosaurs – study

Primates, whom humans evolved from, rabbits and hares, dogs and cats were shown to have evolved just before the mass extinction, so they coexisted with dinosaurs.

 Life reconstruction of Brontosaurus excelsus, a type of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur (Illustrative).

Ohio researchers use CAT scan to test felines’ sense of smell

The authors said that their findings deepen their understanding of how the evolution of more convoluted channels enabled mammals’ - especially cats’ - enhanced sense of smell.

A JERUSALEM alley cat.