The best way to avoid becoming a fossil is to be small and live in deep, tropical waters. So say four paleontologists who have published a detailed, global study of clam preservation. Their work is intended to enhance evolutionary studies by determining what's missing from the fossil record and why.
Ants are considerably older than previously believed, having originated 140 to 168 million years ago, according to new research on the cover of this week's issue of the journal Science.
Working in rocks more than 375 million years old far above the Arctic Circle, paleontologists have discovered a remarkable new fossil species that represents the most compelling evidence yet of an intermediate stage between fish and early limbed animals.
The largest volcanic eruption in human history extinguished the tiny island kingdom of Tambora in Indonesia in 1815. A University of Rhode Island scientist has unearthed the first remnants of a Tamboran village under 10 feet of ash to reveal clues about its culture.
Researchers have long reflected on that most intriguing of evolutionary questions: what led to the emergence of social behavior?
Anthropologist John Hawks has created a public interest weblog that covers a remarkably rich range of topics about anthropology and evolution "” and delivers with a public audience in mind.
NASA and University of New Hampshire scientists are using space- and aircraft-based "remote-sensing" technology to uncover remains of the ancient Maya culture using the chemical signature of the civilization's ancient building materials.
Pioneers were astonished by the abundance of birds and other wildlife at San Francisco Bay. Since then, people assumed such faunal wealth represented California's natural condition. That assumption is collapsing due to a study by University of Utah archaeologist Jack Broughton.
Digging in a colonial era graveyard in one of the oldest European cities in Mexico, archaeologists have found what they believe are the oldest remains of slaves brought from Africa to the New World. The remains date between the late-16th century and the mid-17th century.
A previously unknown ancient mask from southern Mexico contains an inscription that shows the language used there prior to the Maya civilization remains undecipherable, according to a new study by Stephen Houston and Michael Coe.
During the past 100 years, scientists have tossed around a great many hypotheses about the evolutionary route to bipedalism, and what inspired our prehuman ancestors to stand up straight and amble off on two feet.
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