Skulls displayed in public 2,000 years ago were intended as a warning to enemies and a celebration of comrades, a new paper ...

Researchers digitally reconstructed the skull of the ancient Hippopotamus creutzburgi, an extinct dwarf hippo of the Greek ...

About 400,000 years ago, early humans in Europe, Asia and Africa lived alongside giant straight-tusked elephants, far bigger ...

Our ancient ancestors have done some interesting things to human bones over the years, but one example from the Iron Age Iberian Peninsula is a real puzzle. There, in multiple locations, ...

Scientists have discovered an ancient skull in China, like no other they've seen before. The 300,000-year-old child skull was ...

Learn more about Wadisuchus kassabi, the crocodile’s ancient cousin that thrived in prehistoric oceans and rewrites this ...

Ancient Egyptians may have conducted medical explorations in patients with cancer or tried experimental treatments for cancer, evidence suggests. Two skulls from ancient Egyptians show signs of ...

Scientists suggest it may be the remains of a prehistoric hominin that walked alongside Neanderthals hundreds of thousands of years ago. reading time 3 minutes In 1960, a villager found something ...

We tend to think of cancer as a modern affliction, but it's stalked humanity for millennia. Now, two ancient skulls confirm just how far back our relationship with this disease goes. Science reporter ...

The average home -- manor, farm, or otherwise -- contains only the skulls which are still attached to living inhabitants. This is almost certainly true of your home, at least. (If not, well, get in ...