A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

A newly reconstructed fossil face from Ethiopia reveals surprising complexity in early human evolution. By digitally fitting together teeth and fossilized bone fragments, researchers reconstructed a ...

A human skull found buried in concrete at a construction site in Boston was fake. The skull was found while workers were saw cutting along the pier at Black Falcon Cruise Ship Terminal on Thursday.

BOSTON (WHDH) - The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner removed what appears to be a human skull that was encased in concrete in Boston Friday morning. The skull was unearthed at a construction site ...

Police said the skull could be connected to a case from March, in which more skeletal remains were discovered nearby Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

A human skull was discovered in a wooded area outside Detroit this week, and police believe the remains could be linked to a previous investigation A survey crew was working in the wooded area, ...

A human skull was unearthed Thursday afternoon in the same wooded area in Wayne where headless remains were found nearly eight months earlier, police said. The skull was found by a survey crew around ...

Joe Buczek is manager of digital content and promotion at CBS Detroit. He previously worked at WWTV, the Grand Traverse Insider, the Leader and the Kalkaskian, the Oakland Press and the Morning Sun. A ...

Exploring human infancy through the lens of primitive technology reveals surprising insights into biology and survival. From how early humans cared for newborns to the physical and developmental ...

UCL scientists found that human skulls evolved much faster than those of other apes, reflecting the powerful forces driving our brain growth and facial flattening. By comparing 3D models of ape skulls ...

A hobbyist's keen eye led authorities to a human skull on the bank of an Indiana river — a find that turned out to be over 4,000 years old. The Fayette County Coroner's Office announced the discovery ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Johnson City Police Department (JCPD) said it is investigating a death after a human skull was found at Pine Oaks Golf Course on Thursday evening. According to a ...