Fossil hunters find tracks of animals from about 3 million years ago, a first in South Africa

South Africa is well known for its fossil heritage, a record of plants and animals that tells us what the world was like long ...
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'It is the most exciting discovery in my 40-year career': Archaeologists uncover evidence that Neanderthals made fire 400,000 years ago in England

Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence yet of fire technology — and it was created by Neanderthals in England more ...

56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly

Around 56 million years ago, Earth suddenly got much hotter. Over about 5,000 years, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere ...