'First contact' that may have led to complex life on Earth finally witnessed by scientists

On the shores of the west coast of Australia lies a window to our past: the stromatolites and microbial mats of Gathaagudu ...
New Scientist

Hidden fossils reveal secrets of oceans before major mass extinction

A handful of plankton fossils buried in a small chunk of rock show that the oceans were teeming with life before the Late ...
Smithsonian Magazine

After Nearly 80 Years of Doubt, Scientists Say a Spear Lodged Between Elephant Ribs Offers Evidence That Neanderthals Hunted Big Game

In 1948, amateur archaeologists unearthed the remains, which should have shifted researchers' views of Neanderthals. But poor ...

Embryo fossil found in South Africa is world’s oldest proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs

Between 280 and 200 million years ago, a group of animals evolved which would eventually give rise to mammals, including ...