Early Human Articles

• Ancient Civilizations
  Archaeology
  Anthropology
  Cultures
  Fossils
  Origin of Life
   
  

  Ancient Rome

  Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of the city-state of Rome, founded on the Italian peninsula around 800 BC. During its twelve-century existence, the Roman civilization shifted from a ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Archaeology
  Cultures
  Early Climate
  Anthropology
  Human Evolution
   
  

  Iron Age

  In archaeology, the Iron Age is the stage in the development of any people where the use of iron implements as tools and weapons is prominent. The adoption of this new material coincided with other ... > more
• Dinosaurs
  Paleontology
  Extinction
  Tyrannosaurus Rex
  Early Birds
  Fossils
   
  

  Dinosaur

  Dinosaurs were vertebrate animals that dominated terrestrial ecosystems for over 160 million years, first appearing approximately 230 million years ago. At the end of the Cretaceous Period, 65 ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Archaeology
  Cultures
  Lost Treasures
  Early Climate
  Early Humans
   
  

  Lascaux

  Lascaux is a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its cave paintings. The original caves are located near the village of Montignac, in the Dordogne departement. They contain some of the ... > more
• Global Warming
  Early Climate
  Climate
  Ice Ages
  Fossils
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Geologic temperature record

  This article is devoted to temperature changes in Earth's environment as determined from geologic evidence on multi-million to billion (109) year time scales. The last 3 million years have been ... > more
• Early Climate
  Climate
  Ice Ages
  Global Warming
  Geology
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Paleoclimatology

  Paleoclimatology is the study of climate change taken on the scale of the entire history of the earth. Glaciers are a widely employed instrument in paleoclimatology. The ice in glaciers has hardened ... > more
• Fisheries
  Mating and Breeding
  Fish
  Animals
  Invasive Species
  Wild Animals
   
  

  Horseshoe crab

  The horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is an arthropod that is more closely related to spiders than crabs. Horseshoe crabs possess the rare ability to regrow limbs lost. Limulus has been extensively ... > more
• Dinosaurs
  Early Birds
  Extinction
  New Species
  Fossils
  Birds
   
  

  Pterosaur

  Pterosaurs, "winged lizards," often referred to as "pterodactyls" were flying reptiles of the clade Pterosauria. They existed from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous period (228 to 65 ... > more
• Cell Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Genetics
  Biotechnology
  Biochemistry Research
  Life Sciences
   
  

  Structural alignment

  Structural alignment is a form of sequence alignment based on comparison of shape. These alignments attempt to establish equivalences between two or more polymer structures based on their shape and ... > more
• Forensic Research
  Forensics
  Biometric
  Sports Medicine
  Sports Science
  Health Policy
   
  

  Forensics

  Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to the legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or to a ... > more

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