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Oldest Known Eukaryotes Found Living on Oxygenated Seafloors

A Nature study using thousands of microfossils and iron‑sensitive rock chemistry argues that mitochondria existed before 1.7 billion years.

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New Evidence Points to Ancient Lake Spillover Setting Colorado River’s Grand Canyon Course

Ancient Antarctic Ice Extends Climate Records to 3 Million Years, Points to Ocean‑Led Shifts

Amber Time Capsules Hint at Ancient Ant Interactions

Storms Reveal 2,000-Year-Old Footprints on Scottish Beach Before Tides Erase Them

Scientists Recover Record 228-Meter Sub-Ice Sediment Core in West Antarctica

Arabian Sea Held More Oxygen During Past Warm Period, New Study Shows

Huayuan Biota From China Unveils Deep-Water Cambrian Life After Early Mass Extinction

Helium-3 Dating Reveals Rapid Post-Impact Evolution in Ocean Plankton

First Afar Paranthropus Fossil Pushes Genus’ Range 1,000 Kilometers North

UNAM Team Describes Miocene Amber Tree, Hymenaeaphyllum mirandae, From Chiapas

New Analysis Points to Bipedal Sahelanthropus 7 Million Years Ago

Digital Reconstruction of 1.5-Million-Year-Old Ethiopian Skull Redraws Early Homo Erectus Picture

Nature Study Ties Burtele Foot to A. deyiremeda, Reveals Coexistence With A. afarensis

New Ethiopian Fossils Link 3.4-Million-Year-Old ‘Burtele Foot’ to Australopithecus deyiremeda

AI-Driven Chemical Analysis Finds Biosignatures in 3.3-Billion-Year-Old Rocks, Traces of Early Photosynthesis

First Paranthropus Boisei Hand Reveals Human-Like Dexterity With Gorilla-Like Power

New Chemical Fossils Strengthen Case That Sponges Were Earth’s Earliest Animals

Sponge Biomarkers Found in Ediacaran Rocks Bolster Case for Earliest Animals

New Iguanodontian Cariocecus bocagei Described From Portugal After Micro‑CT Skull Study