Genetic time capsule: Oldest DNA discovered in South Africa rewrites human history Latest September 21, 2024 (Credit: DeStefano/Shutterstock) LEIPZIG, Germany — In a discovery that challenges our understanding of human history, scientists have successfully decoded the…
We discovered a new way mountains are formed – from ‘mantle waves’ inside the Earth Science August 23, 2024 In 2005, I was navigating winding roads through the Drakensberg Mountains, in Lesotho, Southern Africa. Towering cliff-like features known as…
We discovered a new way mountains are formed—from ‘mantle waves’ inside the Earth Science August 23, 2024 Cross section through Earth showing the mantle. Credit: USGS In 2005, I was navigating winding roads through the Drakensberg Mountains,…
