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The climate warmed up almost as quickly 56 million years ago as it is doing now. When a huge amount of CO 2 entered the atmosphere in a short period of time, it led to large-scale forest fires and ...

Ralph Fiennes in '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' (Sony Pictures Releasing) Sony/Columbia’s “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” is getting rave reviews from critics and fans, but is facing a weak ...

It’s time to go back to zombie-infested Britain with “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,” the sequel to last summer’s post-apocalyptic hit. “The Bone Temple” has made $2.1 million in previews at the box ...

Roughly 234 million years ago, Earth underwent a climate shift so severe it altered the course of life itself. Known as the Carnian Pluvial Event, this period brought prolonged rainfall, ecosystem ...

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to leave Africa 1.8 million years ago. When you purchase through links on our ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. With copper-blue blood prized by modern medicine and a body ...

A seven-million-year-old skull found in Chad sits at the center of a long argument about human origins. The species, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, was announced in the early 2000s as a possible early ...

Before the famously huge megalodon, another fearsome ocean predator roamed the seas. According to a paper published earlier this year in Communications Biology, a massive shark that exceeded the size ...

Paleontologists may have uncovered the traces of a dinosaur that may have been limping, thanks to fossilized footprints preserved in stone for over 150 million years. In a Nov. 25 press release from ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Los Angeles was not looking particularly good in 1995. Then on Dec. 15, 1995, the public got its first look at ...

During the Miocene, Europe was home to a mysterious group of great apes known as Dryopithecini. Fossils discovered in France, Spain, and Austria reveal an extinct ape with features that blur the line ...