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An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday.

The fossil, called Penghu 1, is one of the few known pieces of physical evidence from the Denisovans, extinct relatives of ...

A bone believed to be that of a human skull was found by a hunter in the woods off Route 3 in Plymouth earlier this month, according to local police reports. Around 9:30 a.m. on March 6 ...

After getting on the ride, he notices a giant skeleton tipping his hat next to a sign which read “Mr. Bone’s Wild Ride.” So anyone who's been on the /v/ board at 4chan. probably knows about Mr. Bone's ...

Our ancestors were making tools out of bones 1.5 million years ago, winding back the clock for this important moment in human evolution by more than a million years, a study said. Ancient humans ...

COMING UP. >> WELL, ROGERS, POLICE SAY THREE KIDS FOUND A MAN OR A HUMAN SKULL AND BONES IN THE WOODS ON WEDNESDAY. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE REMAINS WERE FOUND BETWEEN SEVENTH STREET AND THE ...

Allen said without the constant tug of gravity, muscle mass and bone density start to deplete ... that fundamental pattern in human beings that helps us sleep." NASA has plans to send humans ...

habilis, although no human remains were found in association. Tools made on long bone diaphysis of very large mammals,.some 1.5 million years ago. [Photo by Ignacio de la Torre et al / CC BY-NC-ND ...

One of the smallest human relatives ever found has been unearthed in South Africa. Standing just 3 feet, 4.5 inches (1.03 meters) tall, the adult Paranthropus robustus, who died 2 million years ...

What's more, according to their analysis of modern human DNA, one of these isolated populations left a stronger legacy in our genes than the other. "The question of where we come from is one that has ...