While amphibians had to return to water to lay their eggs, amniotes evolved to have eggs strong enough to survive on land, shedding its last connection to water life. The discovery indicates that ...

Paris (AFP) – After a brief rain in part of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana ... to have permanently abandoned the oceans for dry land, a study suggested on Wednesday.

The discovery suggests that after the first animals emerged from the ocean around 400 million years ago, they evolved the ability to live exclusively on land much faster than previously assumed.

This image provided by Prof. Per Erik Ahlberg shows an artist's illustration of the possible appearance of a reptile-like creature that lived around 350 million years ago in what's now Australia.