Charles Darwin's theory of evolution generated scientific debate ... The resolution was called the "evolutionary synthesis" or "modern synthesis," and one of its architects was Russian population ...

pushing back the timeline of lizard evolution by millions of years. The team behind the study proposes that the fossil is affiliated with modern anguimorphs, such as anguids and monitors.

proposed evolution began in East Asia where fossils predating the Africa timeline have been found. Evidence of genetic diversity is at the heart of his 'out of East Asia' theory, based on a ...