A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

Human remains found by three hikers in California in March have been identified as 55-year-old Aaran Sloan Taylor, Nevada ...

Scientists used mtDNA to confirm what many researchers had long suspected: the Chinese “dragon man” Harbin skull belonged to ...

The medical examiner’s initial findings confirmed that the skull belonged to a human, according to the Goodyear Police Department Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She ...

A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

The teen's head shape doesn't fit with any of the early human relatives seen to date. If it's an undiscovered human ancestor, it could rewrite the story of human evolution. An ancient skull is ...

A Minnesota man and former funeral home employee is facing felony charges more than 20 years after a human skull was ...

Authorities in New Mexico are investigating whether the discovery of human remains, including up to 20 human skulls, in a home could be tied to a woman's disappearance in 2019. According to the Lea ...

WASHINGTON (TND) — Human remains -- including dozens of skulls -- were found inside a man's house in Kentucky, according to authorities. In an affidavit, an agent with theFederal Bureau of ...

A 1.5-million-year-old skull fossil from Gona, Ethiopia now has a virtual face, thanks to digital reconstruction.

Research into the Shimao culture of Stone Age China revealed a burial pit filled with skulls from about 4,000 years ago.

The textbook version of human evolution has long held that Homo erectus was the pioneering species to venture beyond Africa's borders around 1.8 million years ago. However, new analysis of five skulls ...