The tree, which is over 4,800 years old, is found in a grove of other trees, but its exact location is kept a secret.

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Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.

Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in ...

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Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

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In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

By confirming the age of these rocks, and that they might just be the oldest rocks on Earth, we’re finally opening the door ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

Using new radiocarbon dating on ancient footprints found preserved in the gypsum-rich ground in White Sands, researchers have ...

The 300,000 year-old tools show that hominins in East Asia made planned foraging trips to lakeshores and designed instruments ...