"This book was originally published as an issue of Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society B; Biological sciences (volume 363; number 1496) but has been materially changed and updated"--Title ...

Implications for Understanding Animal Evolution This discovery challenges traditional views of animal evolution, which often placed sponges at the base of the tree due to their simplicity. Unlike ...

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. This anthropocentric ...

A chunky, four-legged creature the size of a football has forced a reconsideration of one of evolution’s more practical questions: when did land animals first develop a taste for plants. The answer, ...