Neolithic people collected and deposited skull bones in the center of a village as part of a ritual tradition more than 7,000 years ago.

The discovery of a new species of ancient big-headed humans in Asia, dubbed Juluren or is revolutionizing our understanding ...

Groundbreaking evidence from Modern France has revealed that early European aristocrats engaged in preservation rituals.

Decades after investigators unearthed human bones on a suspected Indiana serial killer’s property, a renewed quest is playing out in laboratories to solve a long-running mystery: Who were they?

Archaeologists have unearthed two Roman bone game stones at the ancient city of Hadrianopolis, dating back to the 5th century ...

"I think the Oldowan technology is probably the most important technological innovation that ever happened in human history." ...

People from many different cultures across the globe and across millennia largely agree about which body parts are most ...