Nevertheless, a big evolutionary gap exists between a very early, lizard-like synapsid and modern mammals like ourselves. The ...

“Evolution isn't just a story about where ... in which players create their own phylogenetic trees from a set of species and a list of shared traits. “Games can be powerful tools for giving ...

This finding sheds new light on the evolution of the mammalian ear, highlighting how structures can transform over time to serve new functions. The outer ear is unique to mammals, but its ...

In a new study involving whole-genome data, researchers present “CASTER,” a tool that uses arrangements in DNA sequences known as site patterns to infer “species trees,” which are diagrams that depict ...

The shift from a sprawled stance, like that of lizards, to the upright posture of modern mammals, as in humans, dogs, and horses, marked a pivotal moment in evolution. It involved a major ...

Researchers at Hokkaido University have developed a new computational tool to help evolutionary biologists analyze complex genetic data to reconstruct the evolutionary history of species and the ...

New research headed by scientists at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) has demonstrated how the three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary ...

The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, according to a study in Nature Communications. It is the first time ...

A nearly gapless genome sequence of the echidna, an egg-laying mammal with multiple ... methods can uncover complex evolutionary events that shaped the mammalian tree of life millions of years ...