A missing piece of Earth's evolutionary timeline may have been found. Using computational modeling, a team of scientists explored how working backwards from modern biochemistry could help map out how ...

Eight reactions could connect ancient Earth to modern day. Here's how. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A missing piece of Earth's ...

The official timeline of Earth’s history — from the oldest rocks to the dinosaurs to the rise of primates, from the Paleozoic to the Jurassic and all points before and since — could soon include the ...

The field’s governing body ratified a vote by scientists on the contentious issue, ending a long effort to update the timeline of Earth’s history. By Raymond Zhong The highest governing body in ...

(CNN) — Scientists have identified the geological site that they say best reflects a proposed new epoch called the Anthropocene — a major step toward changing the official timeline of Earth’s history.

(CNN) — Scientists have identified the geological site that they say best reflects a proposed new epoch called the Anthropocene — a major step toward changing the official timeline of Earth’s history.

A panel of experts has spent more than a decade deliberating on how, and whether, to mark a momentous new epoch in geologic time: our own. Image credits: Alamy; David Guttenfelder for The New York ...