Instead, the rise of the animals may have resulted from an intricate back-and-forth between evolving life and the Earth's environment.

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

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The discovery could be the “missing link” in the evolution of animals, according to the team ... some 400 million years before such capabilities were incorporated into the first animals,” said ...

Martin models the evolution of life on Earth in a few minutes using the visual ... camouflaged to suit their environment. How have animal skeletons adapted? videoHow have animal skeletons adapted?

Discover the evolution of bacteria through machine learning, DNA comparisons, and the Great Oxidation Event 2.4 billion years ...

Pinhole eyes are the shape of a deep cup and have a narrow opening, but no lens. They are just one of an enormous variety of eyes owned by molluscs - animals such as slugs, snails, oysters and ...

Dr Russell Garwood, from Manchester's School of Earth and Environmental Sciences ... But this research, which has been published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, shows these trace fossils pre-date ...

In the 15 million years that followed the evolution of vision, most of the major animal groups we know today appeared ... Find out how scientists are using the collection we care for to investigate ...