In 1869, John Wesley Powell was studying layers of rock in the Grand Canyon when he noticed an unconformity in the layers. Around a billion years were missing, and the problem turned out to be global.

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F or the first time, chitin has been identified in a Cambrian Period trilobite. The unexpected discovery could be useful for ...

Cyanobacteria, as they still exist today, were the first organisms to carry out photosynthesis and release oxygen. Produced in primeval oceans about 2.5 billion years ago, this oxygen accumulated in ...

Sponges may be ancient, but their timeline has been murky. New research suggests the earliest sponges were soft and ...

Scientists at MIT have found compelling chemical evidence that Earth’s earliest animals were likely ancient sea sponges.

Pinpointing when early land plants colonized terrestrial environments and began influencing Earth's systems is a core ...

A layer of rock just 520 million years old sat directly on top of ancient rock dating back 1.4 to 1.8 billion years.

Compared to previous theories, the current research emphasizes the complexity of the biological and chemical processes that brought about life.

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DONALD Trump’s bombshell call to unseal the government’s top secret alien files will be “the biggest story of all time”, according to a former Ministry of Defence chief.