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359 million years ago, 96% of fish died - and human evolution began

In this eye-opening talk, fish paleobiologist Lauren Sallan explains how one of Earth’s most devastating mass extinctions ...
University of California, Davis

Fish Evolution Accelerated After Adapting to Eat off Hard Surfaces

Why are there so many species of coral reef fish? According to a new study, it’s because about 50 million years ago, some ...
BGR

This One Fossil Changed How Scientists Model The Evolution Of Fish

A study published in the Nature journal alters how the evolution of fish has been historically understood. Fossilized fish and other sea creatures have often been pivotal in new scientific discoveries ...
Texas Standard

New research on fish around the Rio Grande shed light on how quickly species can evolve

According to Hulsey’s research, decisions like that could lead to evolutionary changes within decades for native species. The ...
The Washington Post

In ancient teeth, clues of human evolution — and perhaps a new species

On Valentine’s Day in 2018, a team of scientists walked across a flat expanse in the badlands of northeastern Ethiopia, scanning the ground for fossils. An eagle-eyed field assistant, Omar Abdulla, ...