DNA evidence of a human skeleton found in an unoccupied building near the UC Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif., in January 2023 identified the remains as Steven Lawrence McCreary, born on Oct. 8, ...

Fifty years ago, a remarkable fossil was unearthed in the Afar Rift Valley of Ethiopia, forever transforming our understanding of human evolution. Uncovered by a young paleoanthropologist, Donald ...

A post shared to X on Oct. 2, 2024, (archived) included two photos allegedly showing the "massive ancient grave of the giants in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa." The image on the left appeared to ...

A remarkable discovery in Thailand has rewritten the story of human habitation in the region. Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest human skeleton ever found in the country. This finding pushes ...

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Scientists have completed the first 3D virtual reconstruction of the ribcage of the most complete Neanderthal skeleton unearthed to date. Using CT scans of fossils from an approximately ...