A comparison of the third molars from three species of Pakicetus as viewed from the back. (From Cooper et al., 2009) Crack open just about any recent popular overview of evolution (namely Why ...

If you go by editorial cartoons and T-shirts, you might have the impression that evolution proceeds as an orderly march toward a preordained finish line. But that's not right at all.

Common presentations of evolution mirror the great chain by viewing the process as progressive. For example, in their book The Major Transitions in Evolution, John Maynard Smith and Eors ...

Imagine a photograph of your great-grandparents, grandparents and parents side by side. You'd see a resemblance, but each ...

WASHINGTON - Fossils have long provided snapshots of the human family tree, but a new find in Africa gives scientists a kind of mini home movie showing man's primal development. Because the 4.2 ...

WASHINGTON — Fossils have long provided snapshots of the human family tree, but a new find in Africa gives scientists a kind of mini home movie showing man’s primal development.