The chilling discovery was made yesterday and the scene remains preserved to allow for a full forensic examination ...

The story of human evolution has emerged slowly over the century. The first significant discovery was that of the "Taung child" in 1925. Found in South Africa, the skull belonged to a child who ...

Inside the box, he found a fossilized mold of a brain and a matching child’s skull partially buried in stone. Dart quickly realized the significance of the finding, and by February 1925 had published ...

The skull has been stored in an access-controlled area of the museum designated for human remains, the museum spokesperson said. Penn Museum records show the child's remains were collected some ...