This 375-million-year-old fish, the closest known relative of the ancestors of limbed animals such as humans, likely evolved the foundation for rear legs even before the move to land, researchers say.

Related: How fast does evolution happen ... The newly identified species' scientific name means "ancient fish" in the language of the First Nations Gooniyandi people, who live near the fossil ...

Perhaps even more than other kinds of living fossils, these ancient fish, whose kind have swum ... they also provide important clues about the evolution of many animals, even humans.

Gene-editing experiments indicate that cartilage in fish gills migrated into the ear canal millions of years ago during the course of our evolution. Going even further back, our outer ears may have ...

Anatomist Neil Shubin uncovers the answers in this new look at human evolution. Using fossils, embryos and genes, he reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish, reptiles and primates ...

Over in Scientific Reports, a team led by You’an Zhu of the Chinese Academy of Sciences this week (June 12) reported on a fossil of an early jawed fish that’s approximately 423 million years old. The ...