Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...

More than a century ago, a skull was pulled from a riverbank in northeastern China. For decades, it sat hidden in a well—forgotten, unknown. The man who found it feared it would fall into the wrong ...

In the summer of 2021, a team of five Chinese researchers stirred up some controversy by suggesting that an unusual skull ...

A skull from China has been identified as Denisovan using molecular evidence – so ancient humans once known solely from their ...

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull. The key? Tooth plaque.

The Harbin skull (left) and the Dali skull (right).

Maba 1 also suffered trauma before death, but the specific cause of the trauma remains unknown.

Investigators trying to crack a decades-old cold case in St. Tammany Parish have put a face on a skull found along the West Pearl River in 1984. Now, they hope ...