THE MYSTERY behind a 2,500-year-old skeleton formed of bones belonging to different people has finally been solved after it ...

MLC in frontal (a), superior (b), left (c), posterior (d), inferior (e) and right (f) views. The boxes indicate the Zones (A-M) with the ectocranial lesions. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are ...

One of the 20th-century's biggest quests was to find the “missing link,” a being who connected humans to their pre-historic ancestors. It was also the height of scientific racism.

Their dream came spectacularly true on that momentous day in 1974. The Lucy fossil preserved skull fragments and a lower jaw with teeth, as well as parts of the arm, leg, pelvis, spine and ribs—47 ...

An analysis of the skull has been published in the journal The Innovation. One of the UK's leading experts in human evolution, Prof Chris Stringer from London's Natural History Museum, was a ...

Considering how long humans have been on Earth, it’s surprising that we have been scientifically studying our evolution for ...

CHIEF SPECIMENS: cranium, jaw fragments, teeth found in western Chad, 2001 WHEN LIVED (est., in years ago): 7.6—6 million BRAIN SIZE (est., in cu cm): 360-370 (slightly smaller than a male chimp ...

A human skull found in a remote area northeast of Big Bear over the weekend has prompted a death investigation, authorities announced Tuesday. A hunter in the Smarts Ranch Road area north of Cactus ...

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

A human skull found in a remote area northeast of Big Bear over the weekend has prompted a death investigation, authorities announced Tuesday. A hunter in the Smarts Ranch Road area north of ...