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Australia’s ancient rocks are acting like natural clocks, revealing how landscapes changed over billions of years through ...

Climate change and asteroids are linked with animal origin and extinction -- and plate tectonics also seems to play a key evolutionary role, 'groundbreaking' new fossil research reveals. The discovery ...

To better understand the circadian clock in modern-day cyanobacteria, a research team has studied ancient timekeeping systems. They examined the oscillation of the clock proteins KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC ...

Interactions between Earth and the solar system have profoundly shaped the planet’s history, influencing evolution and ...

Ben Woodcroft receives funding from the ARC. Adrián A. Davín does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has ...

Animals have evolved crab-like bodies at least five times throughout history, a process known as carcinization.

The multibillion-year story of life on Earth is defined by a handful of epochal transformations, such as the emergence of the cell, the rise of multicellular organisms and the biosphere’s expansion ...

In a new book, NASA astrobiologist Caleb Scharf says the fate of life on Earth may hinge on leaving our planet behind The multibillion-year story of life on Earth is defined by a handful of epochal ...