Earth Enters 6th Mass Extinction

Posted on 22/06/2015 by sumayah

Paul Ehrlich, the Bing Professor of Population Studies in biology and a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment along with his fellow researchers have declared that the...

3.67 Million Years Old Little Foot is Oldest Human Ancestor

Posted on 02/04/2015 by sumayah

The skeleton of Little Foot is the farthest back you can go in case of hominids. A charmingly unique find, this skeleton is preserved intact and it happens to be 3.67 million years old. Belonging to...

10,000-Year-Old Baby Woolly Rhino Found in Siberia

Posted on 05/03/2015 by sumayah

During the Ice Age or Pleistocene Era on earth, our human ancestors probably saw many woolly mammoths and rhinoceros. That was until a change in atmosphere and weather conditions led to the end of...

2.8 Million Years Old Jawbone of First Human Discovered

Posted on 05/03/2015 by sumayah

An ASU team of scientists found a partially intact jaw that lends credence to the presence of a very early version of the homonid species Homo in Ethiopia, Africa. The mandible portion was found by...

Rockies:’Mother Lode’ Of Half-Billion-Year-Old Fossils Found

Posted on 10/03/2014 by forbes

The Burgess Shale, one of the world’s most remarkable fossil formations, has yielded yet another extraordinary glimpse into the earliest history of animal life. The discovery, described as a ‘mother...

Oldest Prehistoric Human DNA Found

Posted on 05/12/2013 by sumayah

The earliest DNA sample of a human species that roamed the earth was found in a cave in Northern Spain. The site was called the Sima de los Huesos. The individual from whose fossilized femur bone the...

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