fossils

Even the oldest eukaryote fossils show dazzling diversity and complexity

The sun has just set on a quiet mudflat in Australia's Northern Territory; it'll set again in another 19 hours.…

10 months ago

Mysterious fruit shown to be the oldest known fossils of the Frankincense and Myrrh family

Early in the 1970s, a paleontologist working on the outskirts of an Indian village found small, bead-like fossils embedded in…

11 months ago

Molecular fossils shed light on ancient life

Paleontologists are getting a glimpse at life over a billion years in the past based on chemical traces in ancient…

11 months ago

Cultural artifacts serve as ‘cognitive fossils,’ helping uncover the psychology of the past

No two societies in history think exactly alike. In fact, the mindset of a given society throughout history can help…

12 months ago