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Mexico and Central America Served as a 10‑Million‑Year Holding Pen for Northern Mammals

Stable‑isotope and fossil evidence links the rise of C4 savannas to dietary and trait shifts that primed North American mammals for later southward invasions into South America.

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Study Pushes Repeated Hominin Fire Use at Wonderwerk Cave Back to 1.79 Million Years

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Fungal Surges Found Around Dinosaur‑Era Extinction in North America

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3mo ago

New Fossils and Geochemistry Redraw Origins of Complex Life

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4mo ago

New Evidence Points to Ancient Lake Spillover Setting Colorado River’s Grand Canyon Course

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5mo ago

Ancient Antarctic Ice Extends Climate Records to 3 Million Years, Points to Ocean‑Led Shifts

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6mo ago

Amber Time Capsules Hint at Ancient Ant Interactions

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Storms Reveal 2,000-Year-Old Footprints on Scottish Beach Before Tides Erase Them

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7mo ago

Huayuan Biota From China Unveils Deep-Water Cambrian Life After Early Mass Extinction

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7mo ago

Digital Reconstruction of 1.5-Million-Year-Old Ethiopian Skull Redraws Early Homo Erectus Picture

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9mo ago

New Ethiopian Fossils Link 3.4-Million-Year-Old ‘Burtele Foot’ to Australopithecus deyiremeda

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9mo ago

AI-Driven Chemical Analysis Finds Biosignatures in 3.3-Billion-Year-Old Rocks, Traces of Early Photosynthesis

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11mo ago

First Paranthropus Boisei Hand Reveals Human-Like Dexterity With Gorilla-Like Power

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11mo ago

New Chemical Fossils Strengthen Case That Sponges Were Earth’s Earliest Animals

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New Iguanodontian Cariocecus bocagei Described From Portugal After Micro‑CT Skull Study

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Ancient River-Carved Terrain Discovered Beneath East Antarctic Ice

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last yr.

World’s Largest Cliff-Top Boulder Identified in Tonga, Moved by Ancient Mega-Tsunami

Paleontology

Mexico and Central America Served as a 10‑Million‑Year Holding Pen for Northern Mammals

Study Pushes Repeated Hominin Fire Use at Wonderwerk Cave Back to 1.79 Million Years

Fungal Surges Found Around Dinosaur‑Era Extinction in North America

New Fossils and Geochemistry Redraw Origins of Complex Life

New Evidence Points to Ancient Lake Spillover Setting Colorado River’s Grand Canyon Course

Ancient Antarctic Ice Extends Climate Records to 3 Million Years, Points to Ocean‑Led Shifts

Amber Time Capsules Hint at Ancient Ant Interactions

Storms Reveal 2,000-Year-Old Footprints on Scottish Beach Before Tides Erase Them

Huayuan Biota From China Unveils Deep-Water Cambrian Life After Early Mass Extinction

Helium-3 Dating Reveals Rapid Post-Impact Evolution in Ocean Plankton

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First Afar Paranthropus Fossil Pushes Genus’ Range 1,000 Kilometers North

New Analysis Points to Bipedal Sahelanthropus 7 Million Years Ago

Digital Reconstruction of 1.5-Million-Year-Old Ethiopian Skull Redraws Early Homo Erectus Picture

New Ethiopian Fossils Link 3.4-Million-Year-Old ‘Burtele Foot’ to Australopithecus deyiremeda

AI-Driven Chemical Analysis Finds Biosignatures in 3.3-Billion-Year-Old Rocks, Traces of Early Photosynthesis

First Paranthropus Boisei Hand Reveals Human-Like Dexterity With Gorilla-Like Power

New Chemical Fossils Strengthen Case That Sponges Were Earth’s Earliest Animals

New Iguanodontian Cariocecus bocagei Described From Portugal After Micro‑CT Skull Study

Ancient River-Carved Terrain Discovered Beneath East Antarctic Ice

World’s Largest Cliff-Top Boulder Identified in Tonga, Moved by Ancient Mega-Tsunami

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