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Fossil Tooth Enamel Yields 24-Million-Year-Old Proteins

Enamel’s mineral matrix can preserve proteins beyond 20 million years enabling researchers to reconstruct the evolution of extinct mammals

Trace Fossils Push Back Cambrian Explosion by 15 Million Years

Triassic Reptiles Migrated 10,000 Miles Through Inhospitable Tropics

Landmark Study Chronicles 35-Million-Year Evolution and Extinction of Sloths

Study Confirms Teeth Evolved from Sensory Armor of Ancient Fish

Chicago Archaeopteryx Reveals New Insights into Early Bird Flight

Ancient Bone Analysis Reveals Echidnas’ Aquatic Ancestry

Study Reveals Mammals Transitioned to Ground-Based Living Before Dinosaur Extinction

Study Links Sonic Hedgehog Pathway to Evolution of Feathers from Dinosaurs

Early Mammals Had Uniform Dark Coats, Study Finds

Ancient Amphibians Thrived After Earth's Deadliest Extinction

Emus and Rheas Demonstrate Problem-Solving Skills in New Study

Discovery of Jurassic Bird Fossil Reshapes Understanding of Avian Evolution

Fossil of 69-Million-Year-Old Bird Redefines Evolutionary History

Fossil Discovery Reveals Origins of Early Nervous Systems in Ecdysozoans

Study Reveals Evolutionary Success and Extinction Risks of Saber-Toothed Predators

Oldest Modern Lizard Fossil Reconfirmed as Squamate

Fossil Study Reveals Dinosaur Leg Evolution Key to Bird Mobility

New Fossil Discovery Illuminates Pterosaur Evolutionary Path

Ancient Bird Fossil Sheds Light on Evolution of Avian Intelligence