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But her lifespan was remarkable - and also inscrutable. When she died last year, aged 117 and still in relatively good health ...

Scientists are pointing out the role played by the world’s oldest forests in shaping life on land and transforming Earth’s atmosphere. One such forest is the Cairo Fossil Forest in upstate New York, ...

North America’s Cairo Fossil Forest, dating back 385 million years, unveils ancient trees that reshaped the planet’s atmosphere and ecosystems.

Discoveries within these New York forests place them each at more than 380 million years old, making them the oldest known ...

The Cairo Fossil Forest is the second oldest in the world. These forests mark a turning point in Earth's history because they ...

Researchers have discovered what they believe to be the earliest evidence of artificial mummification known to science, pushing back the timeline for the burial ritual to far before the time of the ...

Anyone who has ever flipped open a dinosaur book is likely familiar with pachycephalosaurs. These dome-headed dinos are often depicted ramming the tops of their bowling-ball-like skulls into predators ...

Scientists have discovered what’s thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia, dating back up to 12,000 years. Mummification prevents decay by preserving dead bodies. The ...

Scientists have discovered what's thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia dating back up to 12,000 years. Mummification prevents decay by preserving dead bodies. The ...

Hunter-gatherers in parts of ancient Asia prepared their dead for burial with smoke-drying up to 14,000 years ago, resulting in the oldest known evidence of human mummification, according to a new ...