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

The human brain is made mostly of water, protein, carbohydrates, and fat—lots of fat. In fact, roughly 60 percent of the brain is fat, making it the fattiest organ in the body. Because fats lack a ...

Historically low water levels in Germany's Rhine river have revealed a car wreck containing human remains that may have lain on the riverbed for decades, police said on Monday. The vehicle was ...

A 32-year-old Anderson man has been charged with murder more than a year after his mother disappeared, following an ...

Ancient footprints in Kenya reveal that eight Paranthropus boisei may have traveled together 1.4 million years ago, with some ...

The study focused on two unusually complete Neanderthal pelvises. The Dederiyeh infant, though only a toddler, already ...

Ancient DNA suggests Jomon people evolved several genetic adaptations for surviving the extreme cold of the Ice Age.

An old iron fitting found among scrap metal in eastern Poland has turned out to be part of a burial that disappeared from the ...

A son is charged in his mother’s death after investigators found human bones in a burn pit at the Upstate home they shared.

In 1926, Dorothy Garrod made a discovery that would give greater standing and impact to Gibraltar’s place in the history of ...

Anhalt, Germany, have uncovered the remains of two very young horses deliberately buried beside a Late Bronze Age burial mound, offering rare evidence of ritual animal sacrifice more than 3,000 years ...

Phys.org reports that a team of researchers led by Christoph Zollikofer and Marcia Ponce de León of the University of Zurich ...