Extensive research into a 700-year-old skeleton in Scotland has resulted in what an expert calls the first confirmed evidence ...

How could a 3.2-million-year-old skeleton belonging to a tiny, ape-like creature change what we know about human evolution? Discovered in Ethiopia in 1974, Lucy became one of the most famous fossils ...

A skeleton found beneath Stirling Castle in Scotland may be the earliest-known archaeological victim of a trebuchet.

It’s hard to imagine a more ominous name for a sport than skeleton. So what is behind the puzzling title? One-hundred forty years of history. Similar to its sledding sisters, luge and bobsledding, ...

In the last days of the 1400s, a terrible epidemic swept through Europe. Men and women spiked sudden fevers. Their joints ached, and they broke out in rashes that ripened into bursting boils. Ulcers ...

Look for the sagittal suture – the squiggly line that runs the length of the skull – and note whether is it's completely fused. If it is, the remains are likely to be of someone older than 35. Look ...