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

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

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy as the ...

Since its discovery in 1993, the Altamura Man, dating back at least 130,000 years, has continued to captivate scientists and ...

The fossil remains of the unique hominid were found in Ethiopia in 1974, traveled around the world, were the subject of ...

One of the more enduring mysteries about Neanderthals is whether they had a spoken language, a trait that’s impossible to ...

6, 2024 — Children whose mothers took extra vitamin D during pregnancy continue to have stronger bones at age seven ... Oct. 30, 2024 — A new study of human skeletal remains from the wreck ...

Human bones belonging to those who died in 1974, as well as people missing from as far back as 1964, have been placed in ...

Ahead of the Biennale's closing week, we highlight the talking-point exhibitions and events that there's still time to catch ...

Polish startup Clone Robotics is working on biomimetic robots - one that can carry out movements much like biological ...