The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy rose to fame through an incredible combination of circumstances ...

This joint is one of the most complex and mobile joints of the body as it is comprised of four articulations, plus muscles, ...

Found in a cremation cemetery in Belgium, the skeleton includes bones dating to the Neolithic period and a Roman-era skull, ...

In 1966, police agencies abandoned a case involving the remains of a child found in Mequon. Around 65 years later, Wisconsin ...

The case also is one of the latest examples of how DNA identification has become a powerful tool worldwide for law ...

Researchers recreated the face of a 17th century woman buried with a sickle across her neck and a padlock on her toe, ...

Archaeologists first made the grim discovery in 2022 and have been studying the remains to understand why she and others were ...

Archaeologists have unravelled the mystery of a strange skeleton from Belgium consisting of bones from five people who lived ...

When I started my research on the Samuel George Morton Cranial Collection, a librarian leaned over my laptop one day to share ...

It didn’t take long to find the body. As he forged ahead on renovations ... contractors unearthed a casket. Inside was a human skeleton. For nearly a decade, the Hampden bar owner kept the ...

A study of a remarkable medieval skeleton found in a well at a castle ... During the event, a body was thrown into a well, possibly in an attempt to poison the main water source for the local ...

Researchers have connected the identity of skeletal remains ... this particular human carcass in the well. It opens up new possibilities for interpretation (for why the body was dumped) and ...