But new research suggests something more fundamental may also be at play: the shape of the human skull itself. The rest of ...

Editor’s Note: The following story contains mentions of human remains and loss of life. Human life might be fragile, but our bodies are surprisingly durable. Thus, many cultures have preserved and ...

A skull fragment discovered over fifty years ago on the banks of the Elbe River in Germany has finally yielded its secrets. Long considered by some researchers to be a rare Neanderthal-modern human ...

These ancient tribes were bad to the bone. Drinking from skulls might not be limited to lurid serial killer movies. Archaeologists have exhumed skull cups and skeleton masks among a repository of ...

One of the biggest mysteries in human evolution has just been solved. In 2010, a groundbreaking genetic analysis revealed that east Asia was once home to a previously unknown group of enigmatic ...

Social media platforms increasingly serve as marketplaces for skulls and other human remains, and the UK market operates in a legal void, reports The Guardian. The Human Tissue Act 2004 focused on ...

Using cutting-edge DNA analysis, scientists have uncovered the true identity of an ancient human relative nicknamed the "Dragon Man." The mystery began with a giant, human-like skull discovered by a ...