Researchers examine evidence of manipulation of human remains from Maszycka Cave. An international research team, including ...

Imagine you are an archaeologist excavating at a new building site in East London, the location of an ancient cemetery. Deep down you uncover bones that look old. You recover a full skull with teeth, ...

Back in the Day columnist Tammy C. Barney looks at the Mardi Gras traditions of the North Side Skull and Bone Gang.

Researchers at the Biomimetics-Innovation-Center, Hochschule Bremen—City University of Applied Sciences, have made pioneering ...

The older the person at death, the more pitted and craggy these bones will be. Forensic anthropologists will compare this against a database of standard markers to learn the age of the skeleton.

Skeletal remains and skull fragments of two ... found in Kent at a building site slated for 41 homes along with animal bones, pottery and evidence of a Roman road while a required archaeological ...