Evolution Diary

It’s about as unlikely as capturing a “fossil sneeze,” but researchers have found the second known set of octopus fossils, a new study says. (…)

A 300-million-year-old brain of a relative of sharks and ratfish has been revealed by French and American scientists using synchrotron holotomography at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). (…)

Scientists studying the DNA of Neanderthals say they can find no evidence that this ancient species ever interbred with modern humans. (…)

A fossil fish from Australia was one of the earliest known vertebrates to reproduce by fertilising eggs inside the female, a study suggests. (…)

About 1.5 million years ago, human ancestors walked upright with a spring in their steps just as modern humans do today, suggests an analysis of ancient footprints found in northern Kenya. (…)