Anthropologists have spent centuries piecing together the story of human history. For every fascinating detail they unearth, there are others that are rather, uh, unsavory. A new analysis of human ...

The Altamura Man was discovered in a cave in southern Italy in 1993. K.A.R.S.T. PRIN Project Neanderthals had a distinctive appearance. Before they died out roughly 40,000 years ago, Homo sapiens’ ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Neanderthals have received a necessary historical revision over the ...

Neanderthals left behind various clues about their enigmatic lives. But less is known about their spiritual sides. Some archaeologists and anthropologists believe these early humans, who disappeared ...

Copious evidence from the fossil record, spread across time and geography, shows that neanderthals ate each other. Scientists have discovered neanderthal bones that bear the same marks of butchery as ...

Cro Magnon has long been misunderstood, and this breakdown clarifies why the label is outdated and what modern anthropology shows about Europe’s earliest Homo sapiens. ‘I’m Going to Sue’: Graham ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner removed what appears to be a human skull that was encased in concrete in Boston Friday morning. The skull was unearthed at a construction site ...

Archaeologists discovered a 2,300-year-old trepanation tool—used to remove a section of bone from the skull—at an ancient commune in modern-day Poland. The ancient site was once inhabited by a group ...

Matilda Brindle has previously received funding from the Natural Environment Research Council and the Leakey Foundation If I asked you to imagine your dream snog, chances are it wouldn’t be with a ...

A long-standing debate in paleontology about whether the distinctive Neanderthal nose evolved purely for the cold weather may have finally been solved, and it's all thanks to an ancient, exceptionally ...