Evolution Diary

A 21-year Michigan State University experiment that distills the essence of evolution in laboratory flasks not only demonstrates natural selection at work, but could lead to biotechnology and medical research advances, researchers said. (…)

A sleek cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex has been unearthed in Asia’s Gobi desert. (…)

Move over, Lucy. And kiss the missing link goodbye.

Scientists today announced the discovery of the oldest fossil skeleton of a human ancestor. (…)

Researchers in China and the UK say they have discovered the fossils of a new type of flying reptile that lived more than 160 million years ago.
The find is named Darwinopterus , after Charles Darwin. (…)

Exceptionally well preserved dinosaur fossils uncovered in north-eastern China display the earliest known feathers.
The creatures are all more than 150 million years old. (…)