A microorganism whose evolutionary roots can be traced to the era of the first multicellular animals may provide a glimpse of how single-celled organisms made a critical evolutionary leap. In ...

Single-celled organism harbors protein sensor that was thought to be restricted to multicellular animals. A microorganism whose evolutionary roots can be traced to the era of the first multicellular ...

A 370-milion-year-old, primitive fish sported a weird pair of fins just below its anus, new research shows. The strange appendages, detailed today (April 9) in the journal Biology Letters, were found ...

A research team led by Profs. Zhu Min, Lu Jing, and Zhu You'an from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and ...

While there is a common belief that the evolution of humans can be traced back to fishlike vertebrate ancestors, pinpointing the origins of bony fish — a key group in this evolution — remains ...

We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as "primitive" or "ancient" and use terms like "higher" and "lower" animals.

Choanoflagellates are primitive microorganisms whose evolutionary roots can be traced to the era of the first multicellular animals (metazoans). In December 18 Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

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