Some 445 million years ago, life on Earth was forever changed. During the geological blink of an eye, glaciers formed over ...
A rapid climate collapse during the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction devastated ocean life and reshuffled Earth’s ecosystems.
During a geological blink of an eye, glaciers formed over the supercontinent Gondwana, drying out many of the vast, shallow ...
In a new Science Advances study, researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) have now proved that ...
A massive ice age wiped out ocean life 445 million years ago, reshaping ecosystems and setting the stage for jawed fish ...
Discover how the first mass extinction put jawed fishes on the map, species that would later come to dominate animal life on ...
The ability of the early toolmakers to select high-quality stone, produce sharp flakes, and return to familiar raw-material ...
New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...
A 26-ft (8-m) deep excavation in Indonesia has revealed that humans and a hominin species that pre-dates humans used the same ...
The legendary “Little Foot” fossil may be an entirely new human ancestor. An international team of scientists led by ...
A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...