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Beside a slab of trilobites, in a quiet corner of Britain's Oxford University Museum of Natural History, lies a collection of ochre-tinted human bones known as the Red Lady of [...]

A shark species found in Arctic seas may live for up to 400 years, making it the longest-lived vertebrate known.[illus. 1] Julius Nielsen at the University of Copenhagen and his [...]

Unconventional use of a sorting technology could help palaeontologists to date lake sediments. This could enable better reconstruction of past environments and climates. Pollen grains, which can be used in [...]

The discovery of human remains in the same layer as fossil mammals, including mammoths and mastodons, at a site in Florida has generated debate about whether the species were contemporaneous. [...]

The history of Easter Island is important because it offers a lesson in long-term survival in an isolated and resource-poor environment. In his review of our book, The Statues That [...]