The tall, adult men probably died during the battle of Mursa in 260 C.E., according to a new analysis of their remains ...

The first example of Paranthropus was discovered in South Africa by Dr Robert Broom in 1938. Its name means “beside man” and ...

A skull which was discovered by anthropologists in the Paliokastro area of Thasos, Greece, shows signs of complicated surgery ...

University of Sheffield and University College London researchers have made the first successful detection of estrogen, ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed 6,000-year-old human skeletons in Colombia that possess a DNA ...

The human remains are thought to be evidence of "strange and incredible" sacrifice rituals dating back to the Iron Age.

Researchers have unearthed near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human ...

The constant changes in the methods of study and exploration of the planet mean that evidence of life on Earth is being found ...

Archaeologists have uncovered compelling evidence of an ancient ritual burial beneath a Silla Dynasty tomb in Gyeongju, South Korea, revealing what appears to be the remains of a man buried alive ...

This gilt-copper nose ornament, discovered at the archaeological site of Loma Negra in northern Peru, depicts the important ...