"In the absence of the guiding light of evolution, biology loses its essence." Over a one hundred undergraduate students from Northwest University's Department of Geology and the School of Cultural Heritage were captivated by Academician Xu Xing's discourse. This wasn't just any lecture; it marked the inaugural session of the elective course "Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origin," a collaborative effort …
A lot of what we understand about evolution is in parts credited to ancient animals that survive even today, like lamprey fish. A recent study conducted on a lamprey fossil from 300 million years ago could shake up our knowledge-bank about vertebrates’ origin and evolution. Scientists with the Canadian Museum of Nature, the University of Chicago and the Albany Museum …
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