New fossil evidence from China suggests that some of our vertebrate ancestors had four eyes. The study, published in Nature, ...

The Cambrian explosion was an extraordinary phenomenon in the evolution of life on the planet that led to the emergence of many animal phyla and the diversification of species. During this period, ...

The Ediacaran-Cambrian transition, occurring approximately 540 million years ago, marked a dramatic diversification of life.

Thanks to being rapidly entombed in volcanic ash – in a “Pompeii-like” process – Cambrian-age trilobites’ anatomy is more discernable than ever, via exquisitely preserved fossils. The fossils ...