Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through a series of gene-editing experiments.

Research links human outer ears to cartilage in fish gills. Gene-editing experiments confirm evolutionary connection. Findings date back to marine invertebrates 400 million years ago.

Antarctica has been called the ‘final frontier’ for humanity’s understanding of life when dinosaurs roamed the planet ...

In a first, scientists have used ancient proteins to determine the sex of an archaic human relative that lived up to 3.5 million years ago, a new study reports.

Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through ... fossils" that emerged around 400 million years ago, and the discovery suggests our ...

A fascinating new study reveals that the mammalian outer ear has its evolutionary roots in the gills of ancient fish. This surprising discovery sheds light ... Evidence suggests this tissue first ...

Species like the tuatara, sturgeon, crocodile, hagfish, chambered nautilus, platypus, and jellyfish are all ancient ... fish species, the sturgeon, has survived since over 200 million years ago ...

The ancient fish lived about 305 million years ago during the Late Pennsylvanian period of the Paleozoic Era, the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs said in a Jan. 10 news release.