The mound, thought to have been submerged in a flood 5,000 years ago. A recent discovery has sparked excitement among some experts who believe they may have found the fossil of Noah's Ark.

To this end, Brazil is proposing that countries agree to finalise a 10-year roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels and ending deforestation. Even as the Brazilian environment minister set ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Fossil evidence indicates that humans began domesticating avocados in what is now Honduras around 7,500 years ago. Analysis of 1,725 fossilized avocados from the ...

The study was co-authored by Professor Rolf Quam and graduate student Brian Keeling. The team analyzed fossils that point to a serious Neanderthal population dip around 110,000 years ago. The ...

Across the street from the Dinosaur Discovery Site museum, the dig crew has already begun to open a new fossil quarry. So far, they have discovered a fish fossil and several fossil tracks, or ...

Out today, the Fossil x Minecraft collection ($65 to $220) comprises chronograph watches, leather wallets and bracelets with Creeper-inspired beads. The brand’s Machine timepieces are ...

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A sneak peek inside of the long-awaited $75 million Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University on Wednesday was well worth the wait. After almost 20 years from concept and design to swinging ...

(Image Credit: Jason L. Heaton) A fossil leopard lower jawbone next to a skull fragment of a juvenile Paranthropus robustus. Note the two punctures in the skull, which match the spacing of the tips of ...

Known primarily through its craniodental fossils found at Kromdraai, Drimolen, and Swartkrans cave sites, this species coexisted with Homo ergaster around two million years ago, a direct ancestor of ...

Fossils of Paranthropus robustus are found in abundance at Swartkrans Cave, situated about halfway between Johannesburg and Pretoria. Much has been revealed about the diet and social organization ...