A rare Homo habilis skeleton from Kenya reveals how early humans moved, climbed, and adapted more than two million years ago.

A partial skeleton dating back more than two million years is the most complete yet of Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...

The earliest recorded impacted wisdom teeth belong to renowned 15,000-year-old "Magdalenian Girl." For years this rare, early anatomically modern human skeleton was thought a girl because her wisdom ...

Did our skeletons evolve for protection or for violence? The earliest vestiges of our skeleton are encountered in 500-million-year-old fossil fishes, some of which were armor-plated filter feeders, ...

1600-year-old skeleton is of a woman with teeth encrusted with minerals The upper-class woman was buried with 19 jars that served as offerings The skeleton was discovered in the ancient ruins of ...

It's not surprising to learn that women who lived during the Middle Ages didn't always get the credit they deserved, but tangible proof that further erodes our male-centric view of history is always ...

At least one of three teeth found in an attic in Ontario about a year ago may belong to a huge mastodon skeleton that stands in the North Dakota Heritage Center. The skeleton came from Highgate, Ont., ...

Mexico: Archeologists have discovered near Mexico's ancient ruins of Teotihuacan the 1,600-year-old skeleton of an upper-class woman whose skull was intentionally deformed and teeth were encrusted ...