A new prehistoric dolphin species has been discovered, and it had excellent high-frequency hearing abilities that were ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet, formed during the Miocene period (about 18 million years ago) has, since the 1980’s, been melting at ...

Killifish, or egg-laying toothcarps, are known for their ecological adaptability and species diversity. Two families of ...

We begin this discussion of our species' evolution in Africa, near the end of the geological time period known as the Miocene, just before our lineage diverged from that of chimpanzees and bonobos.

1) A deficient fossil record. There are few Oligocene sites in Africa that represent the appropriate time period, and although there are several early Miocene sites, many of their catarrhine taxa ...

Saka was a fifth grader at the Kameyama city-run Kameyama-Nishi Elementary School when he made the discovery in 18-million-year-old stratum from the early Miocene epoch in the city’s Ichishicho ...