Paleoanthropologists have announced the world's most complete skeleton of Homo habilis, a human ancestor that lived more than ...

Modern humans are the latest in a long line of creatures belonging to the Homo genus, although until now we knew relatively ...

'Schinderhannes' is linked to at least 211 crimes. The bones of his partner 'Schwarzer Jonas' remain missing. By Laura Baisas Published Mar 24, 2025 1:15 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

Stripped down to compression shorts and bejeweled with reflective motion capture dots scattered across my body, I recently danced before an array of cameras as a team of researchers looked on.

When archaeologists find ancient human remains, they often try to determine if the person was male or female based on their bones. So how do archaeologists figure out the sex of the individual from ...

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For centuries, scientists believed that only the elite were buried in pyramids. But a surprising recent discovery of ancient skeletons has thrown that idea into question. In a new study, researchers ...