Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...

Chemical analysis suggests the 400-million-year-old fossil Prototaxites was neither plant, animal or fungus – hinting at a ...

In a new, yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper, scientists from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland argue that the massive and mysterious tubelike fossils known as "prototaxites" deserve their own life ...

Such bubbles, called liposomes, likely were present on the early Earth and could have engulfed other molecules to form the first primitive life. In the past decade, scientists have coaxed ...

Many amazing plants and animals that once existed on this planet are now extinct, but there are remnants of these life forms. Ancient fossils and DNA provide a glimpse into the world as it was for ...