An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has provided a unique insight into Earth's ...

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A 410-million-year-old fossil shows ancient lichens were shaping Earth’s surface long before forests took root.

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Ancient rocks reveal a potassium-40 deficit, the first physical evidence of the proto-Earth and insights into early planetary ...

Fungi’s evolutionary roots stretch far deeper than once believed — up to 1.4 billion years ago, long before plants or animals appeared. Using advanced molecular dating and gene transfer analysis, ...

From early Aboriginal ancestral accounts, to recent contemporary art, the aurora australis have long inspired humans. Here's ...

We may be witnessing the moment when our ancestors first defied a hostile world, using the same tools in the same place for ...

When is Halloween? Know Date, History, and Significance — The spooky festival of Halloween is just around the corner, ...

Ancient Greek thinkers, from Hesiod to Plato, and later Rousseau saw in the noble savage a vision of lost divine harmony and ...