Evolution Diary

This is one ancient animal that brings a whole new meaning to being long in the tooth. (…)

The abundant diversity of characteristics within species likely helped fuel the proliferation and evolution of an odd-looking creature that emerged from an unprecedented explosion of life on Earth more than 500 million years ago. (…)

Interesting and informative BBC programme on carbon dating techniques advances. (…)

Scientists at the University of Sheffield, collaborating with colleagues at the Universities of Portsmouth and Reading, have taken a step back in time and provided a new insight into the lifestyle of a prehistoric flying reptile. (…)

Ice Age glaciers apparently didn’t exterminate all life beneath them as previously thought
Many scientists believe that the ice ages exterminated all life on land and in freshwater in large parts of the Northern Hemisphere, especially on ocean islands such as Iceland. (…)