The concept of punctuated equilibrium was, to some, a radical new idea when it was first proposed by Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge in 1972. Now it is widely recognized as a useful model for one ...

The Cambrian explosion was an extraordinary phenomenon in the evolution of life on the planet that led to the emergence of many animal phyla and the diversification of species. During this period, ...

A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian explosion—the dramatic burst of diverse animal life—might have actually started millions of years earlier than we thought. By analyzing ancient ...

Fossils discovered in a quarry cave in Morocco and dated to roughly 773,000 years ago are offering scientists a rare glimpse into one of the least understood periods of human evolution, when the ...

Complex evolutionary dynamics embodies the study of systems in which a multitude of interacting components undergo non‐linear and non‐equilibrium changes over time. This research area spans ...

The Cambrian explosion, long hailed as one of the most significant events in the history of life on Earth, has now been brought into question. New research suggests that this dramatic burst of ...

The Cambrian explosion was an extraordinary phenomenon in the evolution of life on the planet that led to the emergence of many animal phyla and the diversification of species. During this period, ...