For example, a species called Australopithecus afarensis, nicknamed Lucy’s species after a famous fossil specimen called Lucy, lived roughly 3 million to 4 million years ago.

Summary STS 5, a nearly complete adult Australopithecus africanus, was an important fossil find because skeptics had previously argued that the Taung Child was actually a baby chimpanzee that would ...

The Harbin skull (left) and the Dali skull (right).

In Greenland's icy expanse, scientists unearthed 3.7-billion-year-old stromatolite fossils, the oldest evidence of life on Earth, predating Australian finds by 220 million years. This discovery ...

Read more Israel-Iran war undermines Beijing’s Mideast diplomatic push Japan depends on imported fossil fuels for 87 percent of its total energy use and South Korea imports 81 percent.

The G20 must take a strong stand against greenwashing by fossil fuel companies. Fossil fuel companies are spending millions to clean up their image, not their emissions.

Some of the Maple 8 Canadian pension funds have board members with close ties to the fossil fuel industry, raising the risks of potential conflicts of interest, warned a June 26 report from Shift ...