Michael Coates

Nine University of Chicago scholars named 2021 AAAS fellows View of snow-covered plants on UChicago's campus, with Foster Hall in the background

Nine University of Chicago scholars named 2021 AAAS fellows

Long-accepted theory of vertebrate origin upended by lamprey fossils An artist's rendering of a yolk-sac-carrying hatchling of the stem lamprey Priscomyzon riniensis.

Long-accepted theory of vertebrate origin upended by lamprey fossils

Fossilized fish larvae may ‘rewrite textbooks’

Celebrating a half-century of revolutionary scientific research David Jablonski and Trevor Price

Celebrating a half-century of revolutionary scientific research

3-D reconstructions show how ancient sharks found an alternative way to feed Tristychius 3-D Model

3-D reconstructions show how ancient sharks found an alternative way to feed

Fossilized slime of ancient eel-like creature shakes up vertebrate family tree Thumbnail

Fossilized slime of ancient eel-like creature shakes up vertebrate family tree

Mass Shark Extinction Triggered by Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Mass Shark Extinction Triggered by Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid

Mass Shark Extinction Triggered by Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid

<p>Prof. Michael Coates analyzes end-Cretaceous shark extinction and evolution</p>


Sharks, humans shared common ancestor 440 million years ago

Sharks, humans shared common ancestor 440 million years ago

Prof. Michael Coates discusses research on shark evolution


United Press International (UPI)

Study of ancient fossil complicates the shark family tree Gladbachus adentatus

Study of ancient fossil complicates the shark family tree

Common Ancestor of Sharks and Humans Lived 440 Million Years Ago

Common Ancestor of Sharks and Humans Lived 440 Million Years Ago

Prof. Michael Coates examines one of the earliest known fossil sharks on record


Live Science

280 million-year-old fossil reveals evolutionary origins of shark-like fishes Thumbnail

280 million-year-old fossil reveals evolutionary origins of shark-like fishes