A partial skeleton dating back more than two million years is the most complete yet of Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...

Scientists have revealed the most complete skeleton yet of our 2 million-year-old ancestor Homo habilis.

'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 ...

An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was ...

Researchers proved that a misidentified skeleton from the 19 th century actually belongs to infamous outlaw Johannes Bückler, also known as Schinderhannes. Genealogical research found a living ...

Nearly 300 Tyrannosaurus rex bones that were dug up from three sites in the United States and assembled into a single skeleton sold Tuesday at an auction in Switzerland for $5.3 million, below the ...

A new, wide-ranging exploration of human remains casts doubt on a long-standing theory in archaeology known as the Kurgan hypothesis -- which, among other claims, suggests that humans first ...

Credit: Courtesy of Paumen, Wargnies and Demory; Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips ...

For more than 140 years, Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery. What little was known about them had been mostly ...

As anyone who's spent time in the saddle knows, riding a horse can be hard on your body. But can it change the way your skeleton looks? The answer, according to archaeologists from the University of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Nearly 300 ...