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March 19, 20264 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmWhen did plate tectonics on Earth begin? New research finds some of the earliest cluesScientists have found…

A US-led research team has verified the first Mediterranean mass grave of the world’s earliest recorded pandemic, providing stark new details about the plague of Justinian…

In the murky first chapters of the human story is an unknown ancestor that made the profound transition from walking on all fours to standing up…

January 2, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmEarliest Human Ancestor May Have Walked on Two LegsA fossil belonging to an ancient hominin that lived…

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here.The Atlantic launched its website in November…