Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient human fossils have been discovered, helping scientists piece together the ...

The mound, thought to have been submerged in a flood 5,000 years ago. A recent discovery has sparked excitement among some experts who believe they may have found the fossil of Noah's Ark.

Starting when he was a Ph.D. student in the 1990s, he has monitored the evolution of two common species of sea snails living off Maine's coast, tracking how they have responded to changes in that ...

The study was co-authored by Professor Rolf Quam and graduate student Brian Keeling. The team analyzed fossils that point to a serious Neanderthal population dip around 110,000 years ago. The ...

Across the street from the Dinosaur Discovery Site museum, the dig crew has already begun to open a new fossil quarry. So far, they have discovered a fish fossil and several fossil tracks, or ...

Ahead of Minecraft‘s big screen debut in April, gamers can keep track of time in the Overworld with Fossil’s new line of watches and more — no gold ingots and red stone required. Out today ...

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A Jurassic dinosaur fossil that was first spotted more than 50 years ago has been extracted from the base of a cliff on Skye and formally identified. The fossil was discovered near to Elgol in ...

If Mars ever hosted microorganisms in its bygone oceans, their fossils might still be preserved in minerals—and now, we have a new potential way to find them Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent ...

More than half of all fossil fuel carbon emissions came from just 36 companies in 2023, a new analysis has revealed. These firms, including Saudi Aramco, Shell, ExxonMobil, Coal India, and several ...

Fossils of Paranthropus robustus are found in abundance at Swartkrans Cave, situated about halfway between Johannesburg and Pretoria. Much has been revealed about the diet and social organization ...

Hundreds of fossils found at a quarry in Northern Patagonia provide a snapshot of what a desert pond ecosystem might have looked like in the late Cretaceous period. Researchers found a previously ...