Scientists have calculated the Earth to be 4.54 billion years old, with an uncertainty of 50 million years on either side.

U-Pb dating of stromatolite samples has shown that these formations are truly ancient, originating some 3.4 billion years ago. Stromatolites are sedimentary formations, fossil evidence of the ...

In the latest Sustainability Landscape report, we highlight a couple of types of sustainable funds that specifically contribute to climate action: fossil-fuel-free and low carbon. Here ...

Thanks to radiocarbon dating of sediments surrounding the fossil, during the late Triassic period, about 225 million years ago. Also called the “Southern Cross Lizard,” the dinosaur was named ...

Fossils dating back more than 100 million years have been found on the Isle of Wight. They were discovered during the drilling of boreholes in the Leeson Road area of Bonchurch - which is still ...

Andrew Smith, Dr. Quan Hua and Dr. Bin Yang have contributed to a paper that elucidates how in situ cosmogenic radiocarbon (14 C) is produced, retained and lost in the top layer of compacting snow ...

25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back ... links between fossils of the iconic ...

In 1972 researchers traveled to the Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia to look for hominin fossils dating to more than three million years ago. A site called Hadar looked especially promising ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — Extraordinarily well preserved fossils of feathered dinosaurs and other creatures got that way after being frozen in time by by volcanic eruptions, researchers have long suggested.

A fossil, believed to be one of the oldest ever, could help explain the rise of the dinosaurs. Scientists in Brazil announced the discovery of the ancient reptile dating back some 237 million years.

Now, two well-preserved fossils of the creature unearthed in France have finally revealed what Arthropleura’s head looked like, providing insights into how the giant arthropod lived. Today ...

Dinosaur fossils have been discovered in Hong Kong for the first time, on a remote island in the financial center’s countryside. The fossils were found on Port Island, an uninhabitable expanse ...