The Altamura Man was discovered in a cave in southern Italy in 1993. K.A.R.S.T. PRIN Project Neanderthals had a distinctive appearance. Before they died out roughly 40,000 years ago, Homo sapiens’ ...
Neanderthals have long been pictured with huge noses that set their faces apart from ours. A new look inside one exceptionally preserved skull now suggests that their nasal passages were not ...
According to state police, the skull was dug up at the Black Falcon Pier terminal. They went on to say that at this time, they could not confirm whether the skull was human or not, and are awaiting ...
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 ...
Archaeologists discovered a 2,300-year-old trepanation tool—used to remove a section of bone from the skull—at an ancient commune in modern-day Poland. The ancient site was once inhabited by a group ...
Homo neanderthalensis adult male. Reconstruction based on Shanidar 1 by John Gurche for the Human Origins Program, NMNH. Date 225,000 to 28,000 years. Credit: John Gurche and Chip Clark, CC-ZERO. / ...
The first analysis of a well-preserved nasal cavity in the human fossil record has revealed that the hefty Neanderthal nose wasn’t adapted to cold climates in the way many people thought it was.
A Neanderthal skull was discovered in a cave in Altamura, Italy, in 1993. (Image credit: Constantino Buzi/IPHES-CERCA) A digital analysis of the perfectly preserved nose bones on a bizarre-looking ...