An asteroid shower thought to have struck the moon and Earth 800 million years ago may have helped trigger Earth’s greatest ice ages, a new study finds.
New simulations add to evidence that the Chicxulub strike is what killed T. rex and its kin
The evolution of human teeth began among ancient armored fishes more than 400 million years ago. In the scientific journal Science, an international team led by researchers from Uppsala University presents groundbreaking findings about these earliest jawed vertebrates. Using powerful X-ray imaging, they show that unique fossils found near Prague contain surprisingly modern-looking teeth.
Palaeontologists have discovered the fossil remains of a 70 million-year-old carnivorous fish in Patagonia.
The ancient site, preserved like a time capsule deep in a Mexican cave system, gives a rare glimpse into the lives and actions of some of the first residents of the Americas.
New University of Otago research sheds light on guinea pig domestication and how and why the small, furry animals became distributed around the world.
Through deep genetic analyses, Stanford Medicine scientists and their collaborators have found conclusive scientific evidence of contact between ancient Polynesians and Native Americans from the region that is now Colombia—something that’s been hotly contested in the historic and archaeological world for decades.
Scientists have discovered a pocket sized dinosaur forerunner that was just 4 inches tall
The silene stenophylla was found buried deep below the ice in Siberia.
Ice core samples provide new evidence of a massive volcanic eruption in 43 BCE
