The remains of at least 37 people in an ancient stone 'jar' in northeastern Laos suggest that thousands similar jars were used in burials.

John Hebior's decision to preserve an unusual bone found on his farm in 1979 led to significant archaeological excavations.

In the heart of Wisconsin, a farmer stumbled upon a colossal bone back in 1979, which was later confirmed to be from a ...

When archaeologists studying a fifth-century Swedish site found a human skeleton lying on the floor of a house, they wondered ...

These ancient tribes were bad to the bone. Drinking from skulls might not be limited to lurid serial killer movies. Archaeologists have exhumed skull cups and skeleton masks among a repository of ...

It was thought that disabled people were looked down upon in the Middle Ages, but a new discovery disputes that belief. Human bones discovered by archaeologists offer a window into the lives of Middle ...

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

A 1,500-year-old bucket discovered in England has been identified as an ancient cremation burial vessel, experts said. The 6th-century bucket was found at Sutton Hoo, an archaeological site near ...

The nature of bones and teeth -- The nature of an archaeological human bone assemblage -- The determination of age and sex -- Metric variation in the skull -- Metric variation in the post-cranial ...

This second set of remains belonged to what the world would come to know as the Starchild Skull. For nearly a century, this artifact has served as a battlefield between those who believe in ...