Scientists discovered some of the oldest bony fish fossils in China. The fossils explain the early history of animals with backbones.

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Greenhouse gas emissions have steadily declined since 2005, despite a growing population. But the state expects that to start climbing again.

Sea fossils found on some of the world's tallest mountains are reigniting fierce debate over whether the biblical story of Noah's Great Flood could be rooted in real events.

As geopolitical tensions rise, a startling report has identified a handful of nations where life could remain remarkably unchanged even if a global conflict erupts.

Marine fossils discovered near the summit of Mount Everest reveal that the world’s highest mountain was once part of an ancient ocean floor before tectonic collisions lifted the Himalayas.

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. Homo habilis is a paradoxical species. On the one hand, ...

Roughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a meter-long bony fish with jaws ...