In the 15 years since it was found in an abandoned mining town in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the bizarre 6-inch skeleton has inspired fervid speculation, including theories of unearthly origins. It had ...

A prehistoric human skeleton buried alongside a number of wild animal remains may represent the burial of a "shaman" who died around 12,000 years ago, a study has proposed. The burial was excavated in ...

Since 2021, a photograph that claimed to show a "crab-like" human skeleton recovered from the "Le Lanchon experiments on human evolution" has circled some corners of the internet, prompting both ...

Over the years, archaeologists have developed ways to learn about people’s origins, diets, and even their jobs from their remains. But these techniques are controversial under normal circumstances, ...

Here’s something you don’t want to stumble upon if you’re clearing out a vacant lot: a human skeleton. Work crews did just that Wednesday afternoon, finding the partial skeleton of a woman about 1:30 ...