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


Cosmic krypton timestamps reveal Australia landscape evolution and resources

Ordovician mass extinction cleared the way for jawed fishes to rise

Ancient bee nests found inside Caribbean cave fossils

'You don't need a big brain to fly' and other lessons from the first flying reptiles

Fossil bird shows fatal stone-filled throat and hints of dinosaur bird survival story

Pterosaur brains evolved pathways to flight different from birds

Ancient giant shark fossils reveal early mega-predator dominance in Australian seas

Drilling deep to study the oxygenation of Earth

Ancient Arctic sediments revise understanding of wildfires in the Early Triassic

Half-billion-year-old parasite still threatens shellfish
