One of the most important steps in the evolution of modern mammals was the development of highly sensitive hearing. The ...

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Fossil skulls reveal how extinct mammals smelled the world, with new research linking olfactory bulb size to gene counts.

Paleontologists from UChicago use CT scanning and software simulations to show how a 250-million-year-old mammal predecessor ...

Mammals, including humans, stand out with their distinctively upright posture, a key trait that fueled their spectacular evolutionary success. Yet, the earliest known ancestors of modern mammals more ...

The sense of smell is vital for animals, as it helps them find food, protect themselves from predators and interact socially.

In a study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, scientists show that the SAMD9 and SAMD9L genes, key players in ...

The discovery of new cynodont fossils from southern Brazil by a team of palaeontologists has led to a significant breakthrough in understanding the evolution of mammals. These fossils, belonging to ...

The ancestors of modern mammals managed to evolve into one of the most successful animal lineages. The key was to start out small and simple, a new study reveals. In many vertebrate groups, such as ...

The evolutionary success of the first large predators on land was driven by their need to improve as killers, researchers suggest. The evolutionary success of the first large predators on land was ...

Bears look like textbook mammals, but hidden in their evolutionary history are two dramatic departures from the standard ...

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