Levels of molybdenum in soil show that hydrogen sulfide gas wiped out nearly half of all marine life 530 million years ago.

Paleoanthropologists have announced the world's most complete skeleton of Homo habilis, a human ancestor that lived more than ...

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For decades, scientists have puzzled over a significant gap in the fossil record of Earth's earliest animals, with genetic evidence suggesting their rise more than 650 million years ago but no ...

A 1.78-million-year-old partial elephant skeleton found in Tanzania associated with stone tools may represent the oldest ...

Study suggests adapting to life on land wasn't the biggest challenge facing fish coming ashore millions of years ago.

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.

Researchers have unearthed South America’s first amber deposits containing ancient insects in an Ecuadorian quarry, offering a rare 112-million-year-old glimpse into life on the supercontinent ...

Clear fossil evidence can be found most of the five major groups – here we see a Dickinsonia fossil, providing evidence of ancient animal life. Professor Gergely J. Szöllősi, author on this study and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Oct 23, 2025, 12:48pm EDT Oct 23, 2025, 01:42pm EDT Illustration ...