New method reveals chemical signs of early microbial life in ancient Earth rocks, showing photosynthesis evolved much earlier ...

Ocean temperatures well below freezing in Earth’s deep-past glacial phases imply some very salty waters. At the height of a ...

Earth’s first sponges may have been ghostly, soft-bodied pioneers—ancient animals that evolved long before their skeletons ...

Before Pangea, Earth may have been dominated by a supercontinent called Pannotia. Once considered a key piece in the puzzle ...

Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests ...

A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.

The Hjortspring boat was essentially a very large canoe used in an ancient raid. In the 4th century BC, several boats ...

Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ...

ABSTRACT: That humankind has grappled with the origins of its existence since early times is evident in the Bronze Age creation story found in the Old Testament. Today, our understanding of the ...

The moon's surface may be more than just a dusty, barren landscape. Over billions of years, tiny particles from Earth's atmosphere have landed in the lunar soil, creating a possible source of ...

Scientists believe they’ve found evidence that life on Earth is over a billion years older than anyone believed was realistic. New research used machine learning to scan ancient meteorites and fossils ...