This ancient period of deep freeze, known as the Neoproterozoic Era, or “Snowball Earth,” lasted from about 1 billion to 543 million years ago.During that time, landmasses consolidated into a ...

"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...

This ancient period of deep freeze, known as the Neoproterozoic Era, or “Snowball Earth,” lasted from about 1 billion to 543 million years ago.During that time, landmasses consolidated into a ...

A joint team of archaeologists, chronologists, geologists, and paleontologists have successfully dated a hoard of wooden ...

The coprolite, preserved in the Chañares Formation, is dated to the first stage of the Triassic period, about 236 million years ago. ... told Science. “Ancient dung, ...

Instead of putting the pedal to the metal, a team of scientists from Japan and Taiwan are putting the paddle to the water–for science. The team used time-period-accurate tools to create canoes ...

Researchers created a highly detailed 3D model of a 365-million-year-old ammonite fossil from the Jurassic period by combining advanced imaging techniques, revealing internal muscles that have ...

The discovery of more than 15,000 kilometers of ancient riverbeds on Mars suggests that the Red Planet may once have been much wetter than previously thought.

While previous simulations of ancient Earth's climate have put the planet's average surface temperature between 14 and 26 degrees Celsius (57.2 and 78.8 degrees Fahrenheit), the new model widens ...

Item 1 of 2 An artist's reconstruction of the tusked and pig-like Permian Period creature Gordonia, a forerunner of mammals, is seen in this image released by the University of Edinburgh.