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New magnetic evidence from volcanic rocks reveals that the collision of the Americas began far earlier than previously ...

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Zhu Maoyan (second from right) and his students and colleagues conduct a fieldwork in Qinghai province in 2016. CHINA DAILY What began as a simple childhood fascination has driven Zhu Maoyan into ...

On the shores of the west coast of Australia lies a window to our past: the stromatolites and microbial mats of Gathaagudu (Shark Bay). To the untrained eye they look like a collection of rocks and ...

The assemblage suggests that the ancestors of some of today's animal groups may have arisen before the famed Cambrian explosion ...

Life on Earth has a long and fascinating history, but scientists still uncover surprises that change what we know. A recent fossil discovery in China has revealed that complex animal life began ...