Mitochondria are the powerhouses in our cells, producing the energy for all vital processes. Using cryo-electron tomography, ...

The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short ...

Discovered in 1998, the skeleton of the Lapedo child, a hybrid between modern humans and Neanderthals, has long intrigued ...

So far, 33 skeletons have been found near a notorious prison, officials said. The grisly find included the discovery of ...

The team noted that some remains belong to people who had done very little physical activity during their lifetimes while ...

British visual artist Nick Veasey takes that seriously and does so by looking at things from the inside out. Veasey’s exhibit “Forensic Beauty,” which opens with an artist presentation on Friday and ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

Prosecutors in the western Mexican state of Jalisco have confirmed the discovery of many clothing items and bone fragments by ...

Lawmakers and campaigners in the United Kingdom are pushing for an end to the display of human remains in museums and the ...

The cause of death was ruled blunt force trauma to the head in a homicide, but the investigation was never able to ID the ...

The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain ...

Five years after the pandemic started, we look back at some of the most memorable photos that were taken during the global ...