New age dating of a boomerang found in a Polish cave back in 1985 has archaeologists buzzing that it could be the oldest boomerang ever found on Earth. Carved from a woolly mammoth tusk, the curved, ...
Geologists discovered ancient rocks in Greenland that preserve the oldest known traces of Earth’s early magnetic field.
Archaeologists working in the mountains of northeastern Uzbekistan have uncovered tiny stone points that may be the oldest known arrowheads on Earth, dating back roughly 80,000 years. The discovery ...
A meteorite that crashed in Australia 50 years ago has been confirmed to contain the oldest known solid material on Earth -- stardust from a time before our planet even was even formed. “These are the ...
An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has provided a unique insight into Earth's ancient mantle and continents, and the early beginnings of the moon. Lead ...
The ice sample, retrieved in Antarctica, is the oldest on record—but this discovery may just be tip of the iceberg. Reading time 3 minutes Science likes to travel far in search of new phenomena, but ...