This week, solve the mystery of an ancient human ancestor’s fossil, meet a new generation of dire wolves, spy April’s full moon, and more.

Facial growth stops at puberty in Homo sapiens. Humans differ from chimpanzees and Neanderthals in how their faces grow. In ...

Over 100,000 years ago, a mysterious group of ancient humans walked the lands of eastern Asia. Known as the Juluren—meaning ...

The exact mechanisms behind the differences in facial features between Neanderthals and modern humans are still not fully ...

Chinese scientists in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China used 3D technology to reconstruct the face of a ...

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 ...

A hunter tracking deer in a wooded area off Route 3 in Plymouth made a grim discovery earlier this month, finding what appeared to be a human skull. The bone, partly hidden beneath leaves and ...

The plaintiff went to an emergency room in Indianapolis, where the remains of “half of a deceased pre-born human being” were found in her right pelvis. The fetal remains were removed and “pieces of ...

The new research showed that both chimpanzees and Neanderthals had larger, faster-growing faces, while modern humans have smaller faces that stop growing sometime during adolescence. "Earlier growth ...

Authorities initially received a call about a possible human skull and other bones being found in the water ... evaluate if the remains are human remains and if they are ancient or modern,” a ...

A group of hikers were cutting their own trail through rugged terrain near the South Yuba Fork Bridge when they found a human skull, the Nevada County Sheriff's Office said.

“There’s no mistaking what I saw,” the angler told KSTU. “It was a human skull in the mud.” West Valley City is about a 10-mile drive southwest from Salt Lake City.