Despite their similar structure, however, not all bones are created equal: in vertebrates (including humans), the various parts of the skeleton arise from different groups of precursor cells ...

Schinderhannes is a nickname for Johannes Bückler, a criminal who was born sometime in 1779 in Germany, to a family of executioners and slaughterers. He was linked to at least 211 crimes, mostly theft ...

Skeletal analysis at Tombos ... Tombos was established during the Egyptian New Kingdom (1400–650 BCE) as part of an imperial strategy to maintain control over Nubia. Previous research suggested ...

A 1000-year-old skeleton found in a yoga posture in Gujarat ... Historical records indicated that people from different parts of India and Central Asia may have visited this site.

"The head looked skeletal, but the back part - where the fishtail was - was soft and squidgy (squishy). It didn't feel slimy or decomposed, but it was definitely strange," she added. An X user ...

A Celtic warrior was injured in battle 2,500 years ago. Archaeologists were able to identify the weapon based on 3D scans of ...

The discovery of Richard III's skeleton beneath a council car park in Leicester in 2012 stunned both the academic and wider world. But while the identification was confirmed in January 2013, his ...

About 131 million years ago, an 11-foot-long ichthyosaur slammed snout first into the seafloor and was rapidly buried by ...