In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

Excavation by Moesgaard Museum during installation of new waste containers will use carbon dating and DNA tests to explore ...

The confounding discovery of a human femur has created a mystery in the dense woods of rural North Carolina. More bones have since been found, and investigators suspect they may be the remains of a ...

The human skeleton — our internal framework that includes bones and cartilage — evolved over millions of years. It comprises an axial skeleton, which consists of the skull and the spine, as well as an ...

The American Museum of Natural History has found a more appropriate space for Apex, a nearly complete dinosaur skeleton lent to it last year, when it was first assembled and put on view. Apex is an 11 ...

LANSING, MI – A Chinese national will serve up to two decades in prison for operating commercial sex operations at illicit massage parlors in Michigan. Huazi Piao, 61, was sentenced on Tuesday, Oct. 7 ...

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The contribution of genetics to the variability in people’s metabolism has remained largely unknown. This is, in part, because genetic studies of human metabolism have been limited in scale and ...

Police in Green Township are investigating after “skeletal remains” were found in a wooded area near La Salle High School.Police said officers were called to North Bend Road at Sprucewood Drive for a ...

The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, the world’s tallest bridge, has officially opened to traffic in southern China after nearly four years of construction. The bridge soars to almost 2,050 feet above a ...

Heading into the weekend, Judge carried a commanding advantage. He posted a .330 average, well ahead of Athletics rookie Jacob Wilson’s .313. The 17-point difference between first and second equaled ...

Louellen Berger is the queen of Halloween on St. Charles Avenue. As the haunted holiday approaches, crowds gather at the corner of State Street to inspect the collection of 80-plus plastic human ...