Anthropologists have been arguing for 20 years about whether Sahelanthropus, a hominin that lived about 7 million years ago, ...

The skeleton contains almost all of its bones and carries a completely intact cranium from 13,000 to 12,000 years ago. (The remains also include most of the ribs and the vertebrae, an almost-complete ...

Coffin with human skeleton believed to be 100 years old found at Chesapeake Bay ... It wasn’t the first time Oliver found human remains. He found a leg bone about 15 years ago.

An adult skeleton is made up of 206 bones, which come in several different shapes and sizes. The shape of a bone reflects its role within your body: Long bones, like in your arms and legs, are ...

"We have what looks like a complete human skeleton and, next to that, it's another amputated leg," said Tony Pollard, a professor at Glasgow University and one of the mission's directors.

In the past, researchers have uncovered many bones from horses and amputated human arms and legs on the battlefield—but they had only found one other full human skeleton, which makes this latest ...