The human skeleton — our internal framework that includes bones and cartilage — evolved over millions of years. It comprises ...

The confounding discovery of a human femur has created a mystery in the dense woods of rural North Carolina. More bones have ...

Drinking from skulls might not be limited to lurid serial killer movies. Archaeologists have exhumed skull cups and skeleton ...

Archaeologists in China found a collection of human bones that showed signs of being "worked" like any other natural material ...

A major fossil discovery about our ancient ancestor has occurred in Kenya. Researchers have found hand and foot bones ...

You might think killer Ed Gein may have been one of the worst, having used the skulls of his victims as everyday eating bowls ...

An initial investigation found that the bones likely date back to sometime between 1600-1700, according to Italian media reports. Workers in Rome discovered a centuries-old skeleton during a June 2024 ...

A couple walking the shores of Southern Sardinia were stunned to stumble on what appeared to be a human skeleton near the beaches of Nora. Ty Sembrat was hiking around the coast with his girlfriend ...

The fossils indicate that P. boisei ’s human-like hand proportions would have allowed it to handle stone tools with dexterity ...

Scientists have detected pregnancy hormones in ancient bones and teeth, revealing a new way to trace pregnancies in the ...

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...

Scientists have uncovered human remains beneath the Antarctic ice, a discovery that has the potential to reshape our ...