The research included professors Kevin Hatala from Chatham U. in Pittsburgh and Craig Feibel of Rutgers and showed two human ...

Mention the word “fossils” to people and most will probably think of bones. Of course, body fossils make up a large part of ...

Scientists say the study -- the ... Deep Ocean Clues to a Million-Year-Old Ice Age Puzzle Revealed in New Study Nov. 8, 2024 — A new study challenges theories regarding the origins of a ...

The discovery offers new insight into human evolution, particularly between the two early human species, known as hominins — a term for a subdivision of hominids. Hominins are all organisms within the ...

To keep warm during the most recent ice age, early humans needed protective clothing. What these garments looked like and just how they were put together has remained an archeological mystery.

We've since identified more than 350 vertebrate tracksites, most of them in cemented dunes called aeolianites that date back to the Pleistocene Epoch (also known as the Ice Age), which began about ...

Hikers were responsible for the discovery of what scientists believe to be a prehistoric ecosystem. The first sign of the ...

Dineo Dowd of Madison on Wisconsin winter hiking: "It's just so quiet, it's so beautiful. It just gives me peace." ...

Last summer, a pair of hikers were trekking through a rocky path in the Italian Alps. As they made their way down the ...

melting snow and ice have unveiled a 280-million-year-old fossilized ecosystem, predating the age of dinosaurs. The remarkable discovery includes hundreds of well-preserved footprints of reptiles ...