Police are investigating murder after a human skeleton was found dumped at a swamp in Nyakumu, in Rurii Dam, Kikuyu, Kiambu ...

A new facial reconstruction of the Kennewick Man reveals the face of one of America’s oldest humans, after 8,500 years buried ...

The 2-million-year-old partial skeleton may even represent the oldest example of H. habilis discovered so far. It includes a ...

Yes, it’s legal to wear the skulls, eyes, fingers, or toes of people who have died, and worse yet, it’s legal for hospitals ...

Without any legal guardrails, determining the origin of body parts for sale is nearly impossible, said Jeremy Pauley, who is ...

In the technical description, the authors emphasize that the skeleton includes clavicle and shoulder-blade fragments, both upper arms, both forearms, plus part of the sacrum and hip bones - rare ...

An international research team has unveiled a significant discovery in human paleontology: an exceptionally well-preserved ...

Jonathan Gerlach is under investigation for possessing the remains of 100 people, with authorities examining his involvement ...

Human skeletons are often described in neat textbook numbers, but real bodies are far messier and more interesting. Extra bones, tiny or substantial, are scattered through the population, quietly ...

The former Harvard morgue manager and his wife are heading to prison after they were found to be at the center of a scheme in which they removed body parts from human remains and sold them. Cedric ...

Archaeologists have uncovered 7,000-year-old skeletons in the Sahara Desert with DNA revealing a mysterious lineage unconnected to any modern populations, offering new insights into ancient human ...

Deep beneath the tropical forests of the Yucatán Peninsula lies a vast subterranean domain few people can explore. Accessible by sinkholes known as “cenotes” and potentially stretching across ...