The fossil creature has outgrowths on its back that are neither hair nor feathers.
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As a new David Attenborough documentary examines a remarkable fossil, a leading expert gives his verdict.
Two fossils found in South Africa provide direct evidence of parental care in extinct pre-mammalian ancestors.
Climate was the main factor that triggered the evolution of warm-bloodedness in mammals and the subsequent mammalian evolutionary success.
A 245m year old fossil is the first evidence that of live births in one of the major groups of animals.
How did survivors of the Permo-Triassic Mass Extinction adapt to their new, harsh environment? And why is that knowledge so important for modern species?
The rise and fall of the essential elements for life could have influenced the way life evolved over many millions of years.
With most species out of the way, remaining plants and animals rush to evolve into the ecological gaps.
The end-Triassic mass extinction may be better known for preceding the rise of the dinosaurs, but it had a profound effect on oceans too.
Newly-discovered fossilised pollen grains found in Swizerland have set the evolution of flowers to 100 million years earlier…
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Reader, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer in Palaeobiology, University of Birmingham
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Distinguished Professor of Geology, University of Tasmania
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1851 Research Fellow, University of Bristol & Honorary Research Fellow, University of Manchester, University of Manchester
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Lecturer in Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton
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Emeritus Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University
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Professor, Palaeobiology, University College Cork
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Postdoctoral researcher, Palaeontology, University College Cork