Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

Proteins from an ancient rhino tooth unearthed in the Canadian Arctic have allowed scientists to look much deeper into the ...

A fossilized rhino tooth reveals ancient proteins, pushing back the timeline of rhino evolution by millions of years.

Ancient DNA from prehistoric bones reveals a 37,000-year timeline of human infections, tracing our long struggle with disease.

The ancient history of Earth has always been hard to read. Most of the planet’s earliest crust has been lost, buried, or ...

When large marine animals like whales die, they sink down to the seabed. Once their flesh has been stripped away by ...

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...

A groundbreaking discovery in northern Quebec has confirmed the existence of Earth's oldest known rocks, dating back 4.16 ...

The discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in Western Australia. But not everyone is convinced ...

Researchers used zircons and AI to reconstruct Earth's ancient crust, revealing possible tectonic processes from the planet's ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...