Ultimately, the widespread occurrence of SSSB in mammals, especially primates, strongly suggests that such behaviors are natural and adaptive. Normalizing same-sex behavior as a part of this spectrum ...

New discoveries shed light on an ancient human species and its evolutionary links to modern humans. Stephen Chester, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate ...

Discover the most complete fossil of Mixodectes pungens, shedding light on early mammalian evolution, its arboreal lifestyle, ...

The jawbone fragment was pulled up during a fishing expedition in the Penghu Channel, located near the Taiwan Strait.

Dozens of Australian mammal species have declined and gone extinct since European colonisation – and introduced predators are often blamed. But evidence is lacking.

New radioisotopic datings of volcanic fossil sites are helping researchers unravel the evolution of mammals. The University ...

In a new study published in Developmental Cell on April 8, a research team led by Prof. WU Qingfeng at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...

The hypothalamus is a small but critical region at the base of the brain that controls the autonomic nervous system, ...

Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence ...

As a master’s student at Indiana University a few years ago, David Grossnickle became fascinated with the evolution of early mammals. His dissertation project involved comparing the skulls of modern ...

Pakicetus' descendants continued to adapt, leading to the evolution of Ambulocetus, which lived between 50 and 48 million years ago. Ambulocetus was well-suited for life both on land and in the water.