This essay will explore some of the relationships between sentience, pain and vertebrate phylogeny. A sentient animal is one that has the ability to obtain and interpret stimuli from its internal ...

Research in our group investigates a number of questions central to understanding animal evolution and development: What determines the lifelong regenerative capacity of some animal lineages ? How the ...

Bullish (Video) Vertebrate Evolution: From Lobe-Finned Fish to Amphibians Posted: March 17, 2025 | Last updated: March 18, 2025 The film discusses the evolution of amphibians, highlighting their ...

Research in our group investigates a number of questions central to understanding animal evolution and development: What determines the lifelong regenerative capacity of some animal lineages ? How has ...

All vertebrate embryos follow a common developmental ... The study of this development can yield insights into the process of evolution.

The absence of a notochord, he says, is one factor that has allowed for the many interpretations of yunnanozoan phylogeny, and therefore he says it was “a little bit of a surprise” to see the fish ...

Fosillised scales and teeth of the wealden fish (Lepidotes) found inside the ribs of the dinosaur Baryonyx walkeri, Surrey © The Trustees of the Natural History ...