Far beneath the waves of the southwest Pacific, scientists have finished charting a landmass so large and so coherent that it ...

An ancient, shared set of human-specific genes underwent changes in a geographically isolated population after around 300,000 years ago, scientists say.

In southern Africa, a group of people lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands of years. This is shown in a new ...

A vast, mostly submerged landmass in the South Pacific, Zealandia, is now recognized as Earth's eighth continent. Recent mapping confirms its continental crust, scale, and ancient origins, challenging ...

Beneath the South Pacific Ocean lies a microcontinent that was hidden for over 300 years. Zealandia, which separated from Australia millions of years ago and was once Earth's eighth continent, is a ...

Feb. 22 (UPI) --Scientists have discovered a lost continent they call Balknatolia wedged between Europe, Africa and Asia that allowed mammals from Asia to colonize Europe earlier than once thought.

Scientists have demonstrated that a new geochemical archive -- 182-Tungsten in banded iron formations -- can be used to simultaneously trace both the evolution of the Earth's mantle and continents ...

A team of geologists and palaeontologists has discovered that, some 50 million years ago, there was a low-lying continent separating Europe from Asia that they have named Balkanatolia. At the time, it ...

The "Growth Opportunities: Africa as an Emerging Growth Continent" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Africa is emerging as a global growth frontier This study explores the ...