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A beautifully preserved fossil from Mongolia’s Gobi Desert has solved a mystery that puzzled paleontologists for nearly 40 ...

Mammals, including humans, stand out with their distinctively upright posture, a key trait that fueled their spectacular evolutionary success. Yet, the earliest known ancestors of modern mammals more ...

A newly discovered fossil from Mongolia reshapes how scientists understand early mammal evolution and ancient species relationships.

The paleoenvironments and ecosystems of northern China during the Miocene (ca. 23–5.3 Ma) are complex topics, especially concerning the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau on the surrounding areas and the ...

Researchers identified a 125-million-year-old fossil that represents the earliest confirmed swimming mammal in the mammalian crown group.

A new study rewrites the timeline of the evolution of hearing in mammals. One of the most important steps in the evolution of modern mammals was the development of highly sensitive hearing. The middle ...

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Newswise — The discovery of new cynodont fossils from southern Brazil by a team of palaeontologists from the University of Bristol, alongside colleagues from Argentina and Brazil, has led to a ...

A Coryphodon sp. tooth, an extinct animal from the Pantodonta group. This tooth was not used in the study. (Image Credit: Ryan M. Bolton/Shutterstock) The Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, which ...

Chemicals affect biological species in different ways, posing a major challenge for assessing environmental chemical risks.

The discovery of new cynodont fossils from southern Brazil by a team of palaeontologists has led to a significant breakthrough in understanding the evolution of mammals. These fossils, belonging to ...