Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy as the ...

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Towering at 321 feet in the heart of Memphis, Tennessee, the Memphis Pyramid stands as an enigmatic landmark. Far from the ...

A unique fossil discovery in Brazil provides new insights into bird brain evolution, while a study highlights drastic ...

A collection of skulls and shrunken heads has been removed from a leading auction site, but the trade in human remains is ...

In early October, The Swan auction house in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, listed several lots of human remains for sale, including ...

One of the 20th-century's biggest quests was to find the “missing link,” a being who connected humans to their pre-historic ancestors. It was also the height of scientific racism.

Current science news highlights groundbreaking discoveries, from a unique bird fossil in Brazil revealing avian brain evolution, to an innovative 'morphing' wheel from South Korea poised to ...

The skull of a teen from the 1800s was found more than 45 years ago during a home renovation project in suburban Chicago – thanks to the advancement of DNA technology, we finally know her name.

A skull found in the wall of an Illinois home in the 1970s was identified this week as that of a Civil War-era teenage girl — whose corpse was likely snatched by grave robbers long ago ...

Internationally renowned doctor and headache specialist Dr Elliot Shevel, 81, has been arrested and charged with murder.