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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Archaeologists working on a dig site in the country of Georgia have discovered a 1.8 million-year-old human jawbone. The Orozmani Paleoanthropology & Archaeology Field School posted a video of the ...

"Equally profound was the experience of working with ancient human remains—individuals who lived, suffered, and died centuries ago—and using modern science to help recover and share their stories.

STORY: This skull belongs to a previously unknown lineage of human beings, dating back about 6,000 years ago. That’s according to scientists in Colombia who made the discovery after fully sequencing ...

LYTHAM, England (WKRC) - Human remains discovered by builders in Lytham last weekend have been confirmed as human and may belong to children, authorities said. The remains were found on August 15 by ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Scientists in Colombia have discovered a previously unknown lineage of human beings after fully sequencing the DNA of ancient remains excavated at archeological sites near the ...