The concept of punctuated equilibrium was, to some, a radical new idea when it was first proposed by Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge in 1972. Now it is widely recognized as a useful model for one ...

Competition between species played a major role in the rise and fall of hominins – and produced a “bizarre” evolutionary pattern for the Homo lineage – according to a new University of Cambridge study ...

ch. 1. Ode to Cecropia: discovering nature -- ch. 2. Teasing the strands apart -- ch. 3. Time, energy, and biological evolution -- ch. 4. Evolution of the earth -- ch ...

There are lots of ways to make a living as a clam, but probably one of the strangest is to be a “living drill bit.” Some species of clams are able to bore into solid rock or concrete—creating a burrow ...

Modern dogs offer a living record of change shaped by proximity to people. Over time, research shows that brains respond to ...

Nature follows mathematical rules and creates repeating patterns across completely different organisms and environments.

Competition between species played a major role in the rise and fall of hominins -- and produced a 'bizarre' evolutionary pattern for the Homo lineage -- according to a new study that revises the ...