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Australia’s red rocks hold mysteriously detailed fossils. We finally know how they formed

Chemical analysis could help predict locations of other ancient sites with impeccable fossils

Chemical analysis could help predict locations of other ancient sites with impeccable fossils
Author Taylor Mitchell BrownPosted on November 4, 2025

Tree rings from ancient coffins offer clues to Earth’s past

Wood from gravesites can help reconstruct historic temperatures, floods, and droughts

Wood from gravesites can help reconstruct historic temperatures, floods, and droughts
Author Taylor Mitchell BrownPosted on October 30, 2025

How poop-eating beetles evolved to eat rotting flesh

Analysis of thousands of fossils pushes back change in beetles’ diets by more than 37 million years

Analysis of thousands of fossils pushes back change in beetles’ diets by more than 37 million years
Author Taylor Mitchell BrownPosted on October 17, 2025

In mind-bending twist, ‘magic’ mushrooms evolved twice independently

Study identifies entirely new suite of enzymes that can make psilocybin

Study identifies entirely new suite of enzymes that can make psilocybin
Author Taylor Mitchell BrownPosted on October 9, 2025

Prehistoric camel art pointed to precious water sources in the Arabian Desert

Hunter-gatherers may have used the engravings to find water 12,000 years ago

Hunter-gatherers may have used the engravings to find water 12,000 years ago
Author Taylor Mitchell BrownPosted on September 30, 2025

Stalagmites reveal devastating droughts that helped spur Maya breakdown

Series of droughts chronicled in cave rocks likely pushed civilization to breaking point

Series of droughts chronicled in cave rocks likely pushed civilization to breaking point
Author Taylor Mitchell BrownPosted on August 29, 2025

Fossilized fish trails reveal earliest steps out of water

Possible lungfish tracks could push back animal migration onto land by 10 million years

Possible lungfish tracks could push back animal migration onto land by 10 million years
Author Taylor Mitchell BrownPosted on August 15, 2025

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