A link between evolution over short time frames (microevolution) and long time frames (macroevolution) that could open new approaches to understanding some of biology's deepest questions is proposed ...

Life-history traits represent organisms’ strategies to navigate the fitness trade-offs between survival and reproduction. Eric Charnov developed three dimensionless metrics to quantify fundamental ...

Macroevolutionary issues and approaches in evolutionary biology / Emanuele Serrelli and Nathalie Gontier -- Part I. Macroevolutionary Explanations and Interpretations. Can modern evolutionary theory ...

In tropical climates, lizards are everywhere. It can be a bit wild to see, and they come in all shapes and sizes. They seem a tad superfluous in such large varieties leaving one to wonder, what ...

Paleobiology, founded to provide a forum for the greater integration of paleontology and biology, began publication in 1975. Paleobiology publishes original articles that emphasize biological or ...

In his Science in Culture article “Dying for a drink” (Nature 438, 564; 2005), Martin Kemp outlines the ancestral line of vertebrates, from modern humans back through evolutionary history to ...