“Death whistles,” or Aztec skull whistles, were short, carved instruments made of two opposing chambers where air could clash ...

Lucy may be the best-known prehuman fossil in the world. But other famous fossils have given us important insight into our ...

Researchers believe that the extinct human species lived in small groups, which might have made them susceptible to ...

A grave digger found in possession of a human skull without court authorization has been sentenced to eight years in prison ...

It is a triumph that most of the 8 billion humans alive today are living relatively happily and, thanks to modern medicine, ...

DNA has identified remains found in Mendocino County in 2012 as Warren Hawkins, missing since 1986. The cold case is now an ...