A face carved out of mammoth ivory Where it is from: The South Moravian region of the Czech Republic When it was made: About ...

Scientists say they have recovered the oldest known Homo sapiens DNA from human remains found in Europe, and the information is helping to reveal our species’ shared history with Neanderthals.

Fossilized bones discovered decades ago and hailed at the time as the oldest human remains found in Japan turn out to be from a prehistoric bear, a new analysis shows.

A recent scientific paper published in the Nature Communications journal revealed evidence of “hominin activity” dating back ...

The human remains were found to be as old as Britain's oldest complete skeleton, the Cheddar Man Two boxes of human remains rediscovered after 55 years have been found to be as old as the Cheddar ...

The human remains, which may be around 8,000 years old, were found in China next to a pit containing numerous turtle shell rattles.

Archaeologists in Norway have discovered fragments of the world’s oldest rune stone in Svingerud burial field, dating back to 50 BC–275 AD.

Frisby was among other likely victims of the Wilseyville serial killers Charles Ng and Leonard Lake, but had not been identified until now—more than 40 years later. This is all thanks to the Calaveras ...