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Ancient Earth, geology, paleontology, fossils, evolution, and the discoveries uncovering the planet's earliest history and the origins of life.


Study suggests micrometeorites as key nitrogen source for primordial Earth

Plants that survived dinosaur extinction pulled nitrogen from air

Research in Lake Superior reveals how sulfur might have cycled in Earth's ancient oceans

The first dinosaur egg was leathery

Recreation of ancient seawater reveals which nutrients shaped the evolution of early life

New microfossils suggest earlier rise in complex life

Ancient 450-million-year-old organism finds new life in Softbotics

Bizarre new fossils shed light on ancient plankton

Dinosaurs likely brought down by dust, not asteroid, researchers say

Iron in ancient deep magma ocean probed by ultra-fast femtosecond X-ray lasers
