A study published in Alcheringa highlights an excavation at Moa Eggshell Cave near Waitomo on the North Island. A research ...

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution. Unfortunately, pinning down a ...

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution. Unfortunately, pinning down a ...

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution. Unfortunately, pinning down a ...

Death was everywhere. Animal corpses littered the landscape and were mired in the local waterhole as ash swept around everything in its path. For some, death happened quickly; for others, it was slow ...

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected animal populations. A new study of a catastrophic volcanic eruption during ...

A thick layer of volcanic ash covered Tonga on Tuesday as the first images emerged from the Pacific island nation since it was hit by a massive undersea volcanic eruption and tsunami. Limited time: ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The 2022 eruption of the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Haapai volcano tore a chunk ...

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M.S.: Geology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico Ph.D.: Geochemistry, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico WHAT SHE DOES NOW: Director, ...