The first African fossils of Devonian tetrapods (four-legged vertebrates) show these pioneers of land living within the Antarctic circle, 360 million years ago. The first African fossils of Devonian ...
The Devonian Period, spanning approximately 419–359 million years ago, represents a pivotal phase in South America’s deep-time history. Fossiliferous formations across the continent—particularly ...
Scientists have peered inside the skull of a 380-million-year-old Antarctic fish that was closely related to the first animals to walk on land, revealing surprising clues about how life began its move ...
Human beings have existed for 300,000 years and have managed to live in many unstable environments. We’ve survived ice ages, devastating pandemics and world wars. But how would we fare even further ...
Klipbokberg, Grootrivierhoogte, in the Cederberg. These mountains contain clues about ancient landscapes. Cameron Penn-Clarke The Earth was a very different place 400 million years ago, during what’s ...
Terrestrial plants may have caused the End-Devonian Extinction, but its origin is still shrouded in mystery. Life on earth reached a milestone during the Devonian period, 420 to 360 million years ago.
Q: What do we know about the environment in which the transition to land occurred? NS: Back in the Devonian, north central Pennsylvania was very different from today, where you now find a river valley ...