DNA from a prehistoric finger bone found in Siberia’s Denisova cave revealed the existence of a new archaic human that shared ...

In this episode, hosts Andrew Daniels and John Gilpatrick dive deep into the mysterious origins of all life on Earth—and the ...

Research led by the National Institute of Biological Sciences in Beijing has discovered that switching on a single dormant ...

Small and elusive night lizards probably persisted because they have slow metabolisms and like to hide out in rock crevices, ...

The origins of life on Earth have long fascinated scientists, particularly the nature of the last universal common ancestor ...

That ancestor is called LUCA, the last universal common ancestor, and there is no fossil record to tell us what it looked like. Luckily, we have Jonathan Lambert.

Basenjis are among the dog breeds most closely related to wolves, and are considered to be the oldest dog breed in the world ...

All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA—and it likely lived on Earth only 400 million years after its formation.

News; Family; Ask Dr. Universe: Fish, humans and all vertebrates share a common ancestor Mon., Feb. 24, 2025 Methuselah the Australian lungfish lives at the California Academy of Sciences. At ...

Sea anemones may hold the key to the ancient origins of body symmetry. A study from the University of Vienna shows they use a ...

All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA—and it likely lived on Earth only 400 million years after its formation.