New discoveries of fossil clawed footprints from Australia, published in Nature, push the origin of reptiles back in time by ...

In other words, the appearance of reptiles—and by extension, the evolutionary branch that leads to humankind—gets pushed back by 35 million years. The team’s conclusions also mean that the split ...

Did the first modern tetrapods, our own distant ancestors, emerge in the temperate Devonian landscapes of southern Gondwana, ...

John Long/The ConversationThe emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution of many species today – including humans.Our new discovery, published today in Nature, ...

The emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution of many species today – including ...

One of the most impactful stories in evolution is getting a rewrite, thanks to the exciting discovery of the earliest known ...

The sandstone slab was found by two amateur palaeontologists in Australia and carries well-preserved footprints of long-toed ...

When we talk about prehistoric life, dinosaurs usually get all the attention. But the truth is, long before they came along, ...

New fossilized tracks made by an ancient reptile indicate that these animals evolved tens of millions of years sooner than ...

Fossil tracks found in Australia push the origin of reptiles back by 40 million years, altering the timeline of tetrapod ...