The discovery of fire was a major milestone in human evolution, giving our ancestors a way to stay warm, ward off predators, ...

This study is lit. Scientists have discovered charred animal remains in South Africa that are up to 1.8 million years old, ...

A fossil found in what’s now northwestern China belonged to a microraptor, a gliding dinosaur that hunted ancient birds.

Enigmatic 415 million-year-old fossils belong to a giant scorpion that may have reached lengths of around 3 feet (1 meter), a ...

About 201 million years ago, at the close of a geological period called the Triassic, one of the worst mass extinctions in ...

A new study suggests Antarctica’s ice sheet hit a climate tipping point about one million years ago, making it far more ...

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Millions of years ago, the land you’re currently sitting on was located at a completely different latitude. Your backyard crossed thousands of miles to reach its particular point on the planet, and ...

Early Eocene forest, Wyoming, U.S. Illustration by Julius Csotonyi, Smithsonian Institution Pollinators play a vital role in fertilising flowers, which grow into seeds and fruits and underpin our ...

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