Evolution Diary

An early whale had large back legs, a tail like a dog’s, and a hip-wiggling swimming style, according to a new fossil study. (…)

The Church of England is to apologise to Charles Darwin for its initial rejection of his theories, nearly 150 years after he published his most famous work. (…)

Spectacular fossil forests have been found in the coal mines of Illinois by a US-UK team of researchers.
The group reported one discovery last year, but has since identified a further five examples. (…)

Is finding the world’s oldest gecko so easy a caveman could do it? (…)

The “extremely rare” fossilised skull of a steppe mammoth has been unearthed in southern France. (…)