Newly discovered fossils, belonging to the mammal-precursor species Brasilodon quadrangularis and Riograndia guaibensis, ...

Ancient fossils expose the chaotic, daring path of mammal evolution—jaw and ear changes began earlier and wilder than we ...

Fossils from Brazil reveal early experiments in mammalian jaw and ear evolution, reshaping our understanding of mammal ...

Researchers still don't know what the open-mouth facial expression means or whether it's akin to smiling in humans—but ...

New research indicates that divergent mammalian groups have independently evolved similar inner ear shapes due to analogous ...

All living mammals today, including us, descend from the one line that survived. During the next 145 million years of evolution, the dominance of dinosaurs ensured that our distant mammalian ...

Brazilian cynodont fossils have shed light on early mammalian evolution, revealing earlier and independent development of key features like the jaw and middle ear. The discovery of new cynodont ...

Fossils from two species, Brasilodon quadrangularis and Riograndia guaibensis, offer important insights into the development ...

A new study reveals the surprisingly convergent evolution in the inner ear of mammals. An international research team led by Nicole Grunstra from the University of Vienna and Anne Le Maître from ...

The early evolution of mammals, it turns out, was far more complex and varied than previously understood. Lead author James Rawson based in Bristol’s School of Earth Sciences explained: "The ...

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 ...