Despite seeming like a relatively stable place, the Earth's surface has changed dramatically over the past 4.6 billion years. Mountains have been built and eroded, continents and oceans have moved ...

Fossils can reveal traces of an ancient world, but their exact age is not always easy to discern. Palaeontologists have traditionally relied on a range of methods to date fossil sites, some more ...

Scientists have made a remarkable breakthrough in the field of paleontology by developing a technique that uses uranium-infused dinosaur eggshells to accurately date ancient fossil sites. This ...

How do you tell how old rocks are? There are 2 main ways of working out how old rocks are. One old-fashioned but tried and tested way is based on simple observation. Rocks are formed in a couple of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A geology professor and his student at Rogers State University (RSU) made a remarkable discovery just before spring break. Dr.