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

A DNA bone test on a man who lived 4,500 years ago in the Nile Valley has shed new light on the rise of the Ancient Egyptian ...

Earth's earliest life forms developed ways to survive the harmful effects of arsenic to cope with dramatic changes in their ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

Ancient pollen grains and marine fossils found in southeastern Missouri and analyzed by scientists at the Missouri University of Science and Technology offer hard evidence of the flooding ...

Pollen grains are far more than allergens — they are also nature’s time capsules, preserving clues about Earth’s past environments for millions of years. Pollen’s tough outer shell enables ...

Hokkaido University researchers found ancient squids were the dominant ocean predators 100 million years ago - before dinosaurs went extinct.

A belt of volcanic rock along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Canada’s Quebec province has been confirmed as the oldest ...

What ancient pollen reveals about Earth’s history. It can tell us about vegetation, climate and even human activity through time. May 26, 2025. ... Maya history and forest recovery.