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Researchers have traced cell origins critical to vertebrate evolution by studying a group of primitive, bloodsucking fish called lampreys.

Scientists consider Last Chance Lake to be an analog for lakes that may have existed on Earth 4 billion years ago and contained the ingredients for early life on our planet.

Lucy is popularly depicted as being hairy, but new evidence suggests she wasn't. The discovery prompts new questions about the history of nudity.

The male Y chromosome in humans is evolving faster than the X. Scientists have now discovered the same trend in six species of primate.

Our distant fish ancestors had gills, so why don't humans?

Using a new technique, scientists created genetic blueprints for kangaroos, penguins, sharks and more.

It isn't true that we can't smell ourselves, although we do become habituated to our own scent.

Whether arms or legs are more important depends on the species and the environment.

Researchers now understand why there is an uneven distribution of animal species on either side of the mysterious boundary, known as the Wallace Line.

Something unique does seem to have taken place during this time when so many animal groups first appeared, but it's not an open-and-shut case.