Evolution - Page 8

October 21, 2015

Will purr for treats: How cats became domesticated

Thousands of years ago, a wildcat first started lingering on the outskirts of a human camp, perhaps to eat the mice living in people's granaries.

October 21, 2015

Surprise! Life discovered inside deep-sea rocks

Towering rocks at the bottom of the ocean hold a surprising secret: Life

October 21, 2015

Ancient swamp creature sported 'Mick Jagger' lips

Joan Rivers once said Mick Jagger's lips are so big he could French-kiss a moose, and now the Rolling Stones frontman's lips have inspired the name of an ancient swamp creature that probably also had a set of huge smackers.

October 21, 2015

Ancient squirrel-like creatures push back mammal evolution

Extinct squirrel-like creatures from China suggest the earliest mammals originated more than 200 million years ago, much earlier than often previously thought, researchers say

October 21, 2015

Squeezing sponges out of an evolutionary 'first,' DNA study points to jelly-like creatures

Sponges are getting squeezed out of a distinctive role in evolution. A new study says they don't represent the oldest branch of the animal family tree after all.

October 21, 2015

Creature with interlocking gears on legs discovered

Gears are ubiquitous in the man-made world, found in items ranging from wristwatches to car engines, but it seems that nature invented them first.

October 21, 2015

Life found beneath ice-covered Antarctic lake

Researchers have found signs of life in mud pulled from the bottom of an ice-covered lake in Antarctica.

October 21, 2015

Half-million-year-old human jawbone found

Scientists have unearthed a jawbone from an ancient human ancestor in a cave in Serbia.

October 21, 2015

Real-life 'hobbit' face revealed

Researchers have revealed what the face of a controversial ancient human nicknamed "the Hobbit" might have looked like.

October 21, 2015

Life on Earth may have come from a comet, scientists say

The explosive collisions of icy comets with planets and moons generated the vital building blocks of life, spreading these necessary ingredients throughout the solar system, researchers say.