The CO2 factor

Global warming, say researchers, was responsible for mass extinction of life forms some 200 million years ago

This week from the world of science and environment

The discovery of an important piece in evolutionary science and the threat of extreme weather events to our food security—a quick look at …

‘Molecular data and fossils are the gold standard for research on the tiger’s origins’

Down To Earth speaks to Samrat Mondol, associate professor at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, to know more about the origins of the tiger

Most humans haven’t evolved to cope with the cold, yet we dominate northern climates — here’s why

Sites from settlements such as Boxgrove in West Sussex offer clues about how ancient hominins survived northern climates

In India, modern development puts prehistoric sites at risk

Much of the land holding the country’s buried past is being rapidly transformed for modern development — agriculture, roads, …

Tryst with the Triassic

The Triassic has been brought into sharper focus, thanks to fossilised evidence found in the US

Resin truths

Amber, a dehydrated tree resin, can literally capture scenes from the animal and plant world's past. A large volume of the resin, procured from …

The southern connection

Building up of ice sheets in the far north might be due to strong currents in the South Atlantic

Gory repast

Researchers now say that cannibalism is not a myth but was practised since the early days of human evolution

'Preserving plant fossil is as important as protecting cultural heritage'

Palaeobotany, often dubbed as a soft science, is the branch of palaeontology that deals with the recovery and identification of plant remains …

Grave trade

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Living fossils

Old worms

We evolved, thank god

New find confirms water-land transition, evolutionary theory

The greatest of 'em all

New dinosaur species

The jigged jaw Puzzle

A new fossils throws open the debate on Homo erectus

Nicole, the prehistoric

A dealer of rare fossils says he has found a dinosaur egg containing an intact embryo

Reptilian riddle

The last of the dinosaurs could have inhabited parts of central India

Mammoth mollusc

Oldest remains

A continental jigsaw

A new study sheds more light on how Argentina came into its present form

Prehistoric flyer

Mother of all birds

Scientists say that the world's biggest bird ever is the prehistoric Australian ostrich

Nobody out there

Two new analyses pronounce death for the claim of life on Mars