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A pair of termites trapped in tree sap while preparing to have sex 38 million years ago has revealed valuable information about the mating behavior of extinct insects.
Examining hundreds of fossils, scientists have discovered a terrifying apocalypse that once sowed death across Africa and Arabia during the Early and Early Early Ages.
Have you ever traveled in the North Pole? How does it feel to be cold outside? But maybe if you lived at a time 56 million years ago, you might have a different feeling.
Crocodiles often migrate to warm waters in South Africa and North Africa to avoid the impact of a sharp drop in climate temperature in Europe.
55 million years ago, the Arctic was covered with palm trees while each group of crocodiles swam under the water thanks to the super-powerful greenhouse effect that make…
The 50 million-year-old Eocene fungus was discovered in the amber mass, next to the molting shell of an insect and a rodent's hair.
Scientists have found the world's oldest surviving primitive skeleton, considered the first ancestor, containing missing links in human evolution.
The diamond hunt in the far north of Canada has yielded surprising results: a coniferous wood in a volcanic rock for over 50 million years.
An Italian craftsman has discovered a whale fossil dating back 40 million years ago. Experts say the fossil has never been found before.
According to the American Journal of Athropology, the world's oldest nail, 55.8 million years ago, belongs to a species of extinct primitive named Teihardina brandti.
Fossils of ancient turtles, living about 45 years ago, have been discovered by Argentine archaeologists ...
Scientists have recently discovered ancestral fossils of humans with a lifespan of 47 million years. Unearthed at Messel Pit, Germany, this fossil named Darwinius masill…
The family of extinct insects will help scientists better understand how some animal species respond to climate change and the evolution of society.
The peilica spider was first discovered in 1854 as a specimen preserved in amber mass 50 million years from the Eocene.
For climatologists, part of the challenge to predict the future is to find out exactly what happened in the past periods of global climate change.