An international team created an ancestral tree comparing Homo sapiens to other vertebrate species.
By Mark Waghorn via SWNS Octopuses evolved from shellfish, according to new research. The eight-limbed creatures' mysterious origins have been traced back to a clam-like animal...
"We found a wider range of animals can coexist with humans."
The bizarre beast - named Fanjingshania renovata - is our oldest jawed ancestor, say scientists.
Dubbed fishapods, they were unearthed in the Canadian Arctic.
It places the hominins "front and center" in the history of early human evolution, explained the researchers.
They thrived across the world. Locations where remains have been discovered include Russia, Australia, Namibia and China.
Until Europeans first came across platypuses and echidnas, which are sometimes called spiny anteaters, in the 1790s, it had been believed that all mammals give birth...
The sea urchin is genetically similar to us - with 70 percent of its genes having a human counterpart.
CSUN Professor: "Wild primates, with no human interference, consume fruit containing ethanol."