This most recent sequence of geologic time is somewhat complicated to describe in terms of animal science since there is much more information available from the fossil record. Scientifically, it is described as the period of time from 1.9 million year...

In geologic time, the Pleistocene Epoch represents the first epoch in current Quaternary Period (also termed the Anthropogene Period) of the Cenozoic Era of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Pleistocene Epoch spans the time between roughly 2.6 million years ago...

The Pleistocene epoch (IPA: /'plaɪstəsi:n/) on the geologic timescale is the period from 1,808,000 to 11,550 years BP. The Pleistocene epoch had been intended to cover the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived...

When the glaciers began their northward retreat about 11,500 years ago and the world suddenly warmed, woolly mammoths mysteriously began to die. They eventually slipped into extinction on a remote Siberian island about 3,700 years ago after roaming the world for millions of years,...

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An abattoir used by early Cypriots, a place where animals went to die, or a shelter that ultimately proved a death trap?Cypriot and Greek scientists are studying a collapsed cave filled with the fossilized remains of extinct dwarf hippopotamuses — descendants of hippos believed to...

Before there was biotech, genome mapping, surgery or even drugs, there was wound care. Even dogs and cats instinctively clean their injuries to prevent infection.Yet this most ancient form of medicine can still get high-tech upgrades. Kinetic Concepts KCI is one company that shows what...