Tabulata and Rugosa are orders of extinct corals that have been taxonomically described for more than 170 years. They were ...

New research reveals that hydrothermal vents provided early Earth with abundant nitrogen, challenging previous theories.

Scientists analyzed fossilized tooth enamel from Australopithecus specimens dating back 3.4 million years. By examining ...

For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains.

Atoms of the same element can have different versions, called isotopes, which have the same number of protons but different ...

New research into fossilized rock formations in Zimbabwe is shedding light on Earth's nitrogen cycle before the rise of ...

A new source of nitrogen has been discovered. Researchers from RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau in southwestern Germany ...

Dr. Ashley Martin: "A large ammonium reservoir would have been very beneficial for early life, providing the nitrogen source ...

A study of ancient stromatolites reveals that ammonium reservoirs in early Earth's oceans, likely influenced by volcanic ...