However, researchers discovered it had a ridge-like foot and gills, a unique combination not seen in any modern mollusks. These features suggest that Punk had an entirely different and now-extinct way ...

Giant clams, some of the largest mollusks on Earth, have long fascinated scientists. These impressive creatures can grow up to 4.5 feet in length and weigh over 700 pounds, making them icons of ...

The research fundamentally changes our understanding of early mollusk evolution. Instead of a simple progression from primitive to complex forms, these fossils show that early mollusks were already ...

These ancient mollusks, discovered in the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte, once thrived in a marine world far removed from today’s tranquil farmlands. The ancient creatures challenge ...

Jan. 22, 2025 — Is there only one optimal configuration an organism can reach during evolution? Is there a single formula that describes the trajectory towards the optimum? And can we 'derive ...

"This rapid period of evolutionary change means that few fossils have been left behind that chronicle the early evolution of molluscs," it explains.

Neurobiological emergentism” explains how sentience—the subjective feeling aspects of consciousness—developed in ancient ...

Meet Punk ferox and Emo vorticaudum, two newly revealed fossils rocking scientists’ previously held theories about a group of ancient mollusks. The pair of more than 430-million-year-old ...

Mollusks are among the most diverse animal groups on Earth, and the analysis of these rare 430-million-year-old fossils is challenging long-standing theories about their early evolution. Unearthed in ...

It’s suppertime in the Amazon of lowland Bolivia, and Ana Cuata Maito is stirring a porridge of plantains and sweet manioc over a fire smoldering on the dirt floor of her thatched hut, listening ...

22, 2025 — Is there only one optimal configuration an organism can reach during evolution ... revealing that ancient molluscs were more complex and adaptable than previously ...