A couple walking the shores of Southern Sardinia were stunned to stumble on what appeared to be a human skeleton near the beaches of Nora. Ty Sembrat was hiking around the coast with his girlfriend ...

Some adults do indeed have more than 206 bones. These extras, known as accessory bones or supernumerary bones, may occur when ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The human skeleton — our internal framework that includes bones and cartilage — evolved over ...

A seasoned deer hunter is shocked when his hound dog trots up with a human femur clenched between its teeth. A woman veers off her normal urban walking path and happens upon a human skull. New ...

Banner image: A petroglyph of a horse in the Ferghana Valley of Kyrgyzstan. (Credit: William Taylor) As anyone who’s spent time in the saddle knows, riding a horse can be hard on your body. But can it ...

Fifty years ago, a remarkable fossil was unearthed in the Afar Rift Valley of Ethiopia, forever transforming our understanding of human evolution. Uncovered by a young paleoanthropologist, Donald ...

The first 'blueprint' of human skeletal development reveals how the skeleton forms, shedding light on the process of arthritis, and highlighting cells involved in conditions that affect skull and bone ...

Full view of how bones and joints form in the first trimester uncovers cells and pathways that could help diagnose and treat skeletal conditions in the future. The first 'blueprint' of human skeletal ...

Possible human skeletal remains were found on the side of the Jackie Robinson Highway just steps from a Cypress Hill Cemetery, according to the NYPD. The grisly discovery was made by Department of ...

The identity and manner of death of the deceased is under investigation. Human skeletal remains have been discovered just off of a trail in Joshua Tree National Park, police say. The grisly discovery ...

A series of mysterious giant skeletons up to 10 feet tall reportedly discovered in and around Nevada caves last century — dubbed the “Giants of Lovelock” — are still baffling scientists decades later.

Ardi is the oldest known partial skeleton of a hominin and shows foot features that are transitioning from vertical climbing to bipedal walking. While Ardi has the primitive grasping big toe of the ...