Deep beneath the turquoise waters of Mexico’s Caribbean coast, a shattered skull and scattered bone fragments have emerged from the darkness — remnants of a human who lived at least 8,000 years ago.

A new study has revealed that fossils long believed to be Japan’s oldest human remains are actually from a brown bear. The Ushikawa bones, discovered in the 1950s and dated to over 20,000 years ago, ...

Human remains found deep inside a cave in Mexico date back 10,000 years, offering new clues about early burial practices in ...

In this handout photo provided by the National Institute of Anthropology and History, underwater archaeologist Octavio del Río takes photos of the remains of a prehistoric human skeleton discovered ...

TO GO WITH China-Japan-WWII-Nanjing,FEATURE by Neil Connor This picture taken on May 20, 2012 shows the remains of victims of the Nanjing massacre at the Memorial Museum in Nanjing. PETER PARKS PETER ...

A skeleton beleived to date from 16-17th century and discovered during the Crossrail excavations at Liverpool Street is seen in the Dockland Museum's 'Tunnel' exhibition in London on February 8, 2017.

The cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula have held this secret for millennia - and a cave diver just brought it to light.