If Earth's history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31.

Cemeteries not only provide a peaceful place to contemplate and commemorate the dead. They are also great places for studying ...

Archaeologists in Tajikistan have discovered a rock-shelter that may have been a migration site for Neanderthals, Denisovans, ...

Find out more about available formats and browse any associated online resources. All Earth Science students need to understand the origins, environments, and basic processes that produce igneous and ...

Advanced analysis of prehistoric cave art has revealed new insights into the fishing practices of Paleolithic societies.

The Moine Schist, the puzzling old rock found on top of younger rock here, is called a metamorphic rock. Metamorphic rocks are created when other types of rock become very hot or are squeezed ...

It integrates a systematic account of the mineralogical changes accompanying metamorphism of the major rock types with discussion of the conditions and settings in which they formed. The use of ...

Earth surface is covered with rigid plates that move, crash into each other and dive into the planet's interior. But when did ...

Florida State University Assistant Professor of Geology, Emily Stewart, has conducted new research that questions the ...

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Frank Spear, Ph.D., professor of earth and environmental sciences and Edward Hamilton ...