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

A new, non-destructive bone‑luminescence test combined with independent sediment dating shows early hominins carried and maintained natural fires inside the cave.

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

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

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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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Scientists Recover Record 228-Meter Sub-Ice Sediment Core in West Antarctica

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Arabian Sea Held More Oxygen During Past Warm Period, New Study Shows

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

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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

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UNAM Team Describes Miocene Amber Tree, Hymenaeaphyllum mirandae, From Chiapas

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New Analysis Points to Bipedal Sahelanthropus 7 Million Years Ago

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

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Nature Study Ties Burtele Foot to A. deyiremeda, Reveals Coexistence With A. afarensis

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

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

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

Paleontology

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

Upright ‘Polystrate’ Fossils Renew Debate Over Flood Claims

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

Scientists Recover Record 228-Meter Sub-Ice Sediment Core in West Antarctica

Arabian Sea Held More Oxygen During Past Warm Period, New Study Shows

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

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

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

UNAM Team Describes Miocene Amber Tree, Hymenaeaphyllum mirandae, From Chiapas

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

Nature Study Ties Burtele Foot to A. deyiremeda, Reveals Coexistence With A. afarensis

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

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