A set of burned human bones unearthed in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift may hold the oldest known evidence of cremation, pushing a ...

We know what fossils look like. For example, typical dinosaur fossils are bones turned to stone and preserved from the passage of time located, if we’re particularly lucky, in large collections that ...

In a remote stretch of Ethiopia’s Afar Rift, something quietly unsettling has begun to emerge from the ground. Fragments of ...

Blood tests are useful tools for doctors and scientific researchers: they can reveal a lot about a body’s health. Usually, a blood sample is taken to get a picture of the large molecules that are ...

In the quiet layers of rock, footprints, bones, and leaves tell a story of worlds lost, and of our own uncertain future. Every year, National Fossil Day invites us to pause and think about the ...

The discovery of 773,000-year-old fossils in a cave in Morocco is transforming the geography of human origins by placing the start of the modern-human lineage squarely in northwestern Africa, ...

The items were taken in the late 19th century from what was then called the Dutch East Indies. Indonesia had been trying to get them back for decades. By Nina Siegal Reporting from Amsterdam The ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." We know what fossils look like. For example, typical dinosaur fossils are bones turned to stone and ...