According to an article published in the journal PNAS, different lineages of amoebae and ancestors of plants, algae and ...

A recent study suggests that by the Neoproterozoic period, distinct lineages of amoebae, as well as the ancestors of plants, ...

In the shadow of South Australia's largest mountain range beneath the outback soil lies a fossil record that reveals a rich ...

Scientists uncover 2-billion-year-old living microbes in South African rock, offering unprecedented insights into early life.

Study uncovered evidence of diverse species living 800 million years ago, revealing early evolution and suggesting life ...

But that change, Godfrey-Smith argues, isn’t a break with the history of life on earth. Instead, he contends, the human activities reshaping the earth — destructive as they may be — are part ...

Researchers found evidence from astroid craters that Earth may have had a ring, like Saturn, formed 466 million years ago.

The strange creature—which bears a question-mark shape on its body—roved about like a prehistoric Roomba, researchers said.

A new exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History combines satellite observations and historical data ...

"Only species that could migrate quickly could survive, and there weren't many plants or animals that could do that." ...

The history of the world is presented as a split civil reality. At one level, there is an attempt to survive creation myths ...