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Scottish Island Wrens Show Gigantism and Genetic Isolation

Parallel independent evolution on Shetland with similar change on St Kilda suggests those island populations may be on a path to separate species.

Late Ediacaran Fossils in China Push Back Origins of Major Animal Groups

Chinese Fossil Trove Pushes Complex Animal Origins Into the Ediacaran

307-Million-Year-Old Skull Pushes Back the Origin of Plant-Eating on Land

Rare C31 Chemical Fossils Strengthen Case That Sponges Were Among Earth’s First Animals

First Soft-Bodied Cambrian Fossils Found in Grand Canyon Reveal Evolutionary ‘Goldilocks Zone’