New dating of sediments from the Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa suggests some Australopithecus fossils are around 3.4 to ...
A child's skull discovered in a South African quarry in 1924 changed human history. Named the Taung Child, this fossil proved ...
By examining these chemical patterns in tooth enamel, we can determine whether animals primarily fed on trees and shrubs or ...
These clues from ancient meals are enabling scientists to reconstruct pictures of entire ecosystems, including forests, wetlands and grasslands that existed at the time. It’s a reminder that in a very ...
The geological features of an oddly shaped asteroid visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft now have official names, and like the ...