Galactic filaments are the largest known structures in the universe — vast strands of galaxies and dark matter stretching ...

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

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

Dubbed Skeleton 150, the body was discovered alongside seven other casualties of war in Stirling Castle in 1997. Carbon ...

Human remains were discovered in one of the U.S.’s largest reservoirs, as its water levels rapidly decline. The remains of an ...

Another set of human remains was found in Lake Mead earlier this week. Both reservoirs are dealing with low water levels.

Forensic experts said several skeletons showed signs consistent with execution. One was found with both hands tightly bound ...

Researchers believe a young man buried inside a Scottish castle was a victim of the long-feared siege weapon, more powerful ...

Take a walk in London's Trafalgar Square this summer, and people of all body sizes—some tall, some short—will be wilting in the heat: a real mix of sizes.

The large Harbin skull from China has been linked to Denisovans through DNA and ancient proteins. Fu et al. (2025) Take a walk in London’s Trafalgar Square this summer and wilting under the heat will ...

Archaeologists have identified the shattered remains of a 14th-century man whose 160 bone fractures appear to be the first documented crushing from a trebuchet launch.

During a medieval siege, a trebuchet scored a chance hit on an unlucky defender. A small boulder slammed into his upper back at close to 300 kilometers an hour, smashing bones and crushing him beneath ...