Uncover 25 ancient human discoveries that challenge our understanding of early man. See how new fossils and DNA finds are ...

Buried in the desert for roughly 4,500 years, the skeleton of a single Egyptian man has yielded a complete genome that redraws the map of the ancient world. His DNA captures a moment when people from ...

Built with fitted stone and a clay-like material that may have helped retain liquid, the unusual structure has left ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers say they can now detect the presence of hormones linked with pregnancy in ancient human remains. - Matt Dunham/AP ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient Denisovan leg bones found beneath the sea offer scientists a rare look at the size and build of this mysterious extinct ...

Skeleton found at ancient pyramid could rewrite what we know about human sacrifice rituals - It is believed that the man was ...

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

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It is strangely moving to hold it, knowing that this is an exact replica of a hand of one of our most ancient relatives. The bones looked frail and slight lying on the black felt, but fit snugly on my ...

(CNN) — Scientists say they have found a way to test ancient human remains for hormones linked with pregnancy, a breakthrough that may allow archaeologists to determine whether a woman was pregnant or ...