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The girl, dubbed “Neve” by researchers, was around 40 to 50 days old at the time of her burial roughly 10,000 years ago.

The dinosaurs — and 75% of life on earth — were wiped out in the midst of spring, according to a new study.

“Almost every product that we use has oil or one of its substitutes, and this will continue for many years,” said Rosen. Israel's security considerations will stop it from halting traditional fuel.

Researchers said on Wednesday a thorough new examination of the fossil footprints has shown that they were made not by a bear, as once believed, but by a hominin.

The Australopithecus sediba is estimated to have lived nearly two million years ago and is thought to be a predecessor to the Homo genus, to which modern humans – Homo sapiens – belong.

How are they formed, and why are they so problematic? Here is everything you need to know.

By covering all fossil fuels, including oil and gas, the deal goes further than a pledge made by G20 countries this year to halt overseas financing for just coal.

The newly-discovered species of killer whale, dubbed Phiomicetus anubis, most likely roamed the Earth's oceans during the Eocene Period, around 56 to 34 million years ago.

Scientists announced the discovery of fossils of two Cretaceous Period meat-eaters on the southwest of the island, one of Europe's richest locales for dinosaur remains.

A US Geological Survey team found footprints left in North America by humans 21-23 thousand years ago.