By studying the chemical composition of fossilized foraminifera, a research team generated precise estimates of tropical sea surface temperatures and seawater chemistry during the Eocene Epoch, 56-34 million years ago

An extraordinary new species of arachnid has been discovered in amber from Myanmar and dates to the mid-Cretaceous age, around 100 million years ago

Flowering plants likely originated between 149 and 256 million years ago according to new UCL-led research

Mansourasaurus shahinae helps fill in gaps of African dinosaurs of Late Cretaceous period

Analysis of fossil suggests Homo sapiens left Africa at least 50,000 years earlier than previously thought

Scientists have confirmed that microscopic fossils discovered in a nearly 3.5 billion-year-old piece of rock in Western Australia are the oldest fossils ever found and indeed the earliest direct evidence of life on Earth

New Oxford University research has revealed that bones long venerated as relics of the saint, do in fact date from the right historical period

Modern New Zealand reptile may be a close relative

Researchers believe that by analyzing the fossils using the GC-MS method, it will be easier to find archaea in sedimentary rocks

Research team finds the answer in ancient sedimentary rocks from central Australia