At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

One of Earth’s earliest mass extinctions wiped out most ocean life during a sudden global ice age. From the ruins, jawed vertebrates survived, diversified, and transformed the course of evolution.

Sixty-six million years ago, the dinosaurs had a really bad day when a colossal asteroid impact spurred their extinction. But ...

The extinction of the largest dinosaurs to walk the Earth may have played a critical role in creating an environment that helped fruits evolve, thereby indirectly shaping the evolution of our own ...

For decades, the asteroid that ended the reign of the dinosaurs has stood as a symbol of total planetary devastation. But ...

pt. 1. Beyond the mainland ; 1. Introduction ; 2. History of island studies ; 3. Factors that influence island faunas. Types of islands. Dispersals to islands. The candidate species. Composition of ...

Introduction -- Big Questions -- What This Book Is About -- Scientific Acronyms -- Molecular Graphics -- Section I. The Old Testament of Gene Regulation. Evolution as a Cutout Doll Problem I -- ...