Evolution Diary

A new study of ancient proteins retrieved from a Tyranosaurus rex fossil confirms the long-hypothesized evolutionary connection between dinosaurs and modern birds, experts say. (…)

The genetic split in Africa resulted in distinct populations that lived in isolation for as much as 100,000 years, the scientists say. (…)

A fish species, which is all female, has survived for 70,000 years without reproducing sexually, experts believe. (…)

The world’s oldest known living tree, a conifer that first took root at the end of the last Ice Age, has been discovered in Sweden, researchers say. (…)

An ancient ancestor of the elephant from 37 million years ago lived in water and had a similar lifestyle to a hippo, a fossil study has suggested. (…)