Archaeologists have made a startling discovery in a cave in Northern Spain after unearthing 15 marine fossils. This recent archaeological finding lays bare a fascinating aspect of Neanderthal ...

Newly discovered insect fossils are so small they can barely be seen by the human eye but have been preserved in an 'extraordinary' way. Newly discovered insect fossils are so small they can ...

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This in turn enabled Qvarnström et al. to generate food webs from specific periods of time in order to trace how the populations and body sizes of both herbivores and carnivores shifted between ...

To do this, the team used an imaging technique that produced two-dimensional "slices" through each fossil, "letting us reconstruct the remains hidden inside in 3D" such as plant and prey remains ...

Palaeontology is the study of prehistoric species, mostly ones that are extinct. It focuses primarily on fossil data, using a variety of physical, chemical and biological techniques to analyse them.

We’re going to hear a lot less about “reducing emissions” from scientists and policymakers and a lot more about “phasing out fossil fuels” or “ending coal, oil, and methane gas.” ...

The Fossil Gen 6 is receiving its first update in a year. The new software version includes the April 2024 security patch. Fossil exited the smartwatch market at the beginning of 2024. Earlier ...

A handful of oil-producing nations ensured that a United Nations General Assembly resolution on climate change steered clear of a call to transition away from fossil fuels. By Somini Sengupta Five ...

Lucy may be the best-known prehuman fossil in the world. But other famous fossils have given us important insight into our evolutionary history. Editor's note: This is part of a special package ...

Dave Einsel / Getty Images About 3.2 million years ago, among the prehistoric forests of what is now Ethiopia, a small human was folded into the fossil record. No one knows for sure what killed them.