The very first cells obtained their energy from geochemical reactions. LMU researchers have now managed to recreate this ...

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

We may have gotten the evolutionary origins of the echidna backward, as new research suggests its ancestors probably lived in ...

The prebiotic Earth was a harsh and unstable environment, characterized by intense heat, active volcanoes and little ...