A new study sheds light on how prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations in Europe coped with climate changes over 12,000 years ago. Led by scientists from the University of Cologne, a team of 25 ...

Paul Wilcox descends into Devil’s Canopy Cave on Prince of Wales Island. An unlikely discovery in a cave on Prince of Wales Island could help scientists understand Earth’s climate history. A small ...

A collection of dinosaur teeth hailing back to the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods has given scientists a new window into the world's prehistoric climate. By studying an isotope of oxygen in the ...

When one considers the scientific study of space, one of the first things that comes to mind is not likely to be the botanical sciences. Yet it appears that in the study of one of the oldest tribes of ...

Smithsonian paleontologist Scott Wing explains a mathematical formula in the online interactive "Prehistoric Climate Change and Why It Matters Today," produced by the ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Online interactive in which students compare leaf fossils to learn about the climate millions of years ago. They also meet a Smithsonian ...

The discovery of an ancient elephant skeleton in England raises questions about the global climate in prehistoric times. With the exception of... Adapt, Move or Die: Prehistoric Climate Change Today, ...

‘Remarkable’ prehistoric elephant bone tool is oldest in Europe, archaeologists reveal - Archaeologists said the 500,000-year ...