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Scientists from the University of Leicester and Yunnan University identified an ancient member of the chelicerate group.

Dhaka, July 26 -- Scientists have proposed that the ancestors of modern vertebrates, including humans, may have passed through a "cyclops-like" stage nearly 600 million years ago, with a primitive ...

Researchers say a tiny one-eyed ancestor that lived nearly 600 million years ago may have shaped the evolution of every vertebrate eye, including our own. They also found that its ancient median eye ...

A significant new study has provided a surprise reason for an existing enigma of ancient Egyptian religion, in terms of two completely different animals being chosen for representing the same god.

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Historians and archaeologists know that maize was a central food source and cultural symbol across the ancient Maya world, ...

Millions of years ago, South Dakota was covered by a vast inland sea. This ancient seaway supported diverse marine life, ...

Ancient DNA can be a powerful tool for helping us reconstruct the long-dead past. Most surviving genetic material comes from ...

The Portuguese podengo was a fitting choice to represent Argos in Christopher Nolan's modern day adaption of Homer's epic ...

A skull pulled from the badlands of Montana sat in a museum collection for decades before researchers realized it held a clue ...

A unique Italian fossil site reveals a dinosaur graveyard preserving forty years of life. Daily tidal layers and monsoon floods created this exceptional fossil record. The site captures the lives of ...