A groundbreaking discovery from Scotland’s East Kirkton Quarry, dated to 346 million years ago, offers a rare glimpse into vertebrate evolution during a critical yet poorly understood period in ...

The fossils of ancient salamander-like creatures in Scotland are among the most well-preserved examples of early stem tetrapods -- some of the first animals to make the transition from water to land.

Around 11 million years ago, a cooling climate fragmented warm, humid forests in Africa, Asia, and Europe, giving rise to savannas. Many mammals evolved to take advantage of these wide-open spaces, ...