Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today’s animals — including humans — may struggle, or fail, to survive.

A team of scientists led by Dr. Matthew McCurry from the Australian Museum and UNSW Sydney unveiled the discovery of a ...

and its diet would have consisted almost entirely of plant foods, primarily fruit and leaves. Changes from an ape-like anatomy are discernible in hominoid fossils from the late Miocene in Africa.

Additionally, the analysis of fossilized pollen from the area could provide more clues about interactions between bees and plants during the Miocene. The newly identified species, Leioproctus ...