Homo Naledi, an extinct species of small-bodied hominins, may have intentionally buried their dead over 240,000 years ago.

Scientists have finally uncovered direct genetic evidence of Yersinia pestis — the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian — in a mass grave in Jerash, Jordan. This long-sought discovery resolves a ...

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — The city of Fernandina Beach is trying to figure out whether someone’s ashes were put into its nearly 50-year-old “Peg Leg Pete” pirate statue on Centre Street. Action News ...

The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office released the name of a man whose remains were found near a Lacey elementary school 16 years ago. Donald Myrel Nelson disappeared in 1989 just days before his 29th ...

Human remains found in Tennessee in 2020 have been identified as belonging to a Michigan-born man who disappeared more than 20 years ago The remains were identified with forensic genetic genealogical ...

PHILADELPHIA — A medical museum in Philadelphia has redrawn its policies on the collection and display of human remains, limiting its acceptance of additional specimens and working to follow “evolving ...

What appeared to be human bones were found on Wednesday during a routine storm sewer maintenance inspection, according to Hamilton police. While the department continues to investigate its missing ...

Federal and local officials are investigating after over 100 piles of cremated human remains were reported on federal lands near a small town in Nevada. The Bureau of Land Management confirmed to USA ...

SEARCHLIGHT, Nevada (AP) — Officials are investigating the discovery of cremated human remains in the Nevada desert, a federal agency said Wednesday after a CBS affiliate in Las Vegas reported as many ...

Officials with the Bureau of Land Management are investigating the discovery of dozens of human remains found on the side of the highway in Searchlight, Nevada Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE. He ...

Around 70 piles of cremated human remains were found in a mass grave in a remote desert outside Las Vegas, and authorities have no idea how they got there. An anonymous source stumbled upon an ...