Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

A few things on this planet are old enough to make history books look recent, and that includes some living trees that have ...

Now known as Prometheus, the tree was found to be nearly 5,000 years old. That means Prometheus came into existence around ...

Experts believe the world’s oldest shipwreck was found at Turkey’s Urla Port. The ship is estimated to be about 4,000 years old.

The oldest piece of Earth to date has been located in Western Australia. It's a fragment of a crystal in a fragment of a rock: a zircon, to be precise.

Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s ...

We know that Earth is about 4.54 billion years old, but trying to piece together the very earliest stages of its evolution is easier said than done. Luckily, science has had some help from a super ...

Along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Canada's northeastern province of Quebec, near the Inuit municipality of Inukjuak, ...

The world's oldest living tree is "Methuselah." The tree's exact age is unknown, but experts believe it has been alive for close to 5,000 years, the U.S. Forest Service told USA TODAY in an email.

Now known as Prometheus, the tree was found to be nearly 5,000 years old. That means Prometheus came into existence around the time humans were exiting the Stone Age and beginning to work with bronze.

The oldest crater on Earth was found in Australia. By Mike Wehner. Published Jan 22nd, 2020 9:10PM EST. Image: ...