Bones
How Construction of a Parking Lot Uncovered New Insights About Medieval Jews
A new DNA study suggests Ashkenazi Jews living in 14th-century Germany were surprisingly genetically diverse
Christie's Calls Off T. Rex Auction Expected to Fetch $25 Million
The auction house cited a need for "further study" after experts noted similarities to another T. rex skeleton
Early Humans May Have Cooked Fish 780,000 Years Ago
New research adds to the debate about when humans began cooking with fire
Scientists Reconstruct Face of 19th-Century Man Accused of Being a Vampire
He was a victim of tuberculosis—and a target of the vampire panic that swept through New England
Human Remains May Have Revealed the Site of a Medieval Friary
Archaeologists uncovered nearly 300 skeletons and other artifacts from beneath an old Welsh department store
Mercenaries Were More Common in Greek Warfare Than Ancient Historians Let on
New research finds that many soldiers who fought in the fifth-century B.C.E. battles at Himera were born outside of the empire
Bones Found in Medieval Well Likely Belong to Victims of Anti-Semitic Massacre
A new DNA analysis suggests the 17 individuals were Ashkenazi Jews murdered in Norwich, England, in 1190
Portuguese Man Accidentally Finds 82-Foot-Long Dinosaur in His Backyard
Scientists say this could be the largest specimen ever discovered in Europe
Seven Million Years Ago, the Oldest Known Early Human Was Already Walking
Analysis of a femur fossil indicates that a key species could already move somewhat like us
Study Refutes Controversial Research That Divided the T. Rex Into Three Species
Scientists published a rebuttal article that found “insufficient evidence for multiple species of Tyrannosaurus”
Well-Preserved, 30,000-Year-Old Baby Woolly Mammoth Emerges From Yukon Permafrost
The mummified creature is helping to heal the rift between the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in people and the miners and scientists who came to their lands
The Monkeys and Parrots Caught Up in the California Gold Rush
Researchers combed through 19th-century records and found evidence of the species, which joined a menagerie that included Galapagos tortoises and kangaroos
Skulls Thought to Belong to Modern Murder Victims Actually Date to the Pre-Hispanic Period
Found in a cave in Mexico in 2012, the 10th- through 13th-century bones may have been displayed in a ritual tower of craniums
New Research Suggests England's Early Medieval Rulers Had a Veggie-Based Diet
Two papers argue that these 5th- through 11th-century kings and queens mainly ate meat during special feasts thrown by their subjects
Researchers Find Potential Evidence of Oldest-Known Mummification
Newly discovered photographs help researchers to re-analyze 8,000-year-old remains from burials in Portugal
A 5,000-Year-Old Human Bone Was Found in the River Thames
Well preserved by mud, the femur dates to Britain’s Neolithic period
New Artwork in St. Paul's Cathedral Reckons With the British Attack on Benin 125 Years Ago
Nigerian artist Victor Ehikhamenor's 'Still Standing' sparks conversation about how to deal with colonial monuments
Fossils Help Scientists Identify a 'Lost' Continent
Millions of years ago, a giant island called Balkanatolia shifted and connected Asia to Europe, allowing animals to migrate
How Bones Communicate With the Rest of the Body
A new vision of the skeleton as a dynamic organ that sends and receives messages suggests potential therapies for osteoporosis and other problems
5,300-Year-Old Skull Offers Earliest Known Evidence of Ear Surgery
Bone growth suggests the patient survived the procedure, which was likely conducted to treat an infection
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