How did life start on Earth? The answer is a big scientific mystery scientists are actively investigating. After talking with many scientists, host Regina G. Barber found that an abundance of water on ...

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A renowned author about the first woman fossil hunter is coming to Blue Earth to tell the story of how Mary Anning changed ...

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Scientists have identified a new species of ancient marine reptile, Plesionectes longicollum, from Germany’s Posidonia Shale.

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Ancient stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi represent the oldest evidence for humans living there 1 ...

The newly discovered trilobite may be hundreds of millions of years old, but its use 2,000 years ago as an amulet is the ...