Fossil study rewrites timeline of evolution of hearing in mammals
UChicago paleontologists use CT scanning and simulations to show how a 250-million-year-old mammal predecessor could hear like us
Ancient fossil fish reveals key step before evolutionary boom
Digital reconstruction of tiny, 400-million-year-old jawless fish shows how traits for evading predators later gave rise to hunters
UChicago paleontologist Paul Sereno’s fossil lab moves to Washington Park
New facility includes space for fossil preparation, community programs, and specimens collected from worldwide expeditions
New fossil shows four-legged fishapod that returned to the water while Tiktaalik ventured onto land
Researchers discover a new fossil that is closely related to other animals that made the transition to land, but with features more suited for swimming and life in the water.
