A teenager who lived in southern Europe around 12,000 years ago has become the earliest person in history to receive a ...

Neanderthals repeatedly returned to the cave to store horned animal skulls, revealing this cultural tradition was transmitted over time.

Just days before the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are set to begin, U.S. skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender is still ...

A single ancient jawbone is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about humanity’s forgotten relatives.

This skull belonged to a woman who was killed by multiple blows with a iron blade axe, or hatchet, during the Schenectady Massacre in the city’s stockade on Feb. 8, 1690, by French marauders and ...

Located in Malawi, the site could also be the world's earliest example of an in situ cremation pyre for an adult, according ...

Whether you find this video spooky, cute, or just hilarious, one baby girl’s bestie is a skeleton — and it is arguably also ...

Sharp, solid stones form inside the human body more often than you might think. Watch and listen to episode two of The ...

A large comparative study of primate teeth shows that grooves once linked to ancient human tooth-picking can form naturally, while some common modern dental problems appear uniquely human.

Skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender says she should have been going to the 2026 Olympics in Italy next month. As a veteran of ...