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An ancient child skeleton. Representational only – not the skeleton found in Turkey. Credit: Scott Haddow / Flickr
5 October, 2019 - 18:06 Ed Whelan

5,700-Year-Old Child Skeleton with Crushed Head Found in Turkey

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a child who died in the Copper Age, 5,700 years ago, in Turkey. The skeleton, believed to be that of a 6- or 7-year-old, was found in the ruins of a...
The Heslington skull and brain. Source: Top 5 Scary Videos / YouTube.
3 October, 2019 - 18:56 B. B. Wagner

The Strange Phenomenon of the 2,600-year-old Heslington Brain

Sometime between 673 BC to 482 BC, in a region that would one day be known as East Heslington York, a mysterious man was hung by the rope and then decapitated ceremoniously. His severed head was...
Padar Island, Flores, Indonesia, part of the Wallacea group of islands.
27 August, 2019 - 14:04 ashley cowie

17,000-Year-Old Skulls Discovered On Migration ‘Highway To Oz’

Two 12,000 and 17,000 year old human skulls , smaller than expected, were discovered on what scientists are calling an ancient migration highway to Australia . A new research paper features a study...
One of the two elongated skulls belongs to a teenage boy who died 1500 years ago and was buried in a pit with two other boys of different genetic background. Source: © D. Los/Kaducej Ltd / University of Wien
23 August, 2019 - 19:01 ashley cowie

Ancient Alien-Like Heads Discovered in Croatia

Archaeologists digging in Croatia have unearthed three ancient alien-like skeletons and two have artificially elongated skulls. Since 12,000-years-ago in ancient China, all over the ancient world,...
20-million-year-old skull discovered in the Andes Mountains of Chile. Source: AMNH / Facebook .
23 August, 2019 - 07:51 ashley cowie

20-Million-Year-Old Skull Whispers Evolutionary Secrets

A visually entrapping 20-million-year-old skull is providing new data on the evolution of brains in primates. Imagine looking through a wormhole into the past and seeing your ancient origins up close...
A digital reconstruction of 'Hilda', the female druid, by MSc Forensic Art student Karen Fleming. Source: University of Dundee.
15 August, 2019 - 18:59 ashley cowie

Hilda, A 2000-Year-Old Scottish Female Druid, Rises From The Grave

A Scottish student using a rare Celtic female druid’s skull has recreated her head and face in a 3D wax model. The toothless old woman from Stornoway, known as ‘Hilda', is believed to have lived on...
Representational image of dinosaur eggs. Credit: KtD / Adobe Stock
28 July, 2019 - 17:10 Ed Whelan

Chinese Boy Accidentally Finds 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Eggs

A 10-year-old boy in China who was out playing near a lake accidently unearthed a fossilized egg that led to the discovery of a very rare dinosaur nest that is 66 million years old. The find is just...
A 210,000-year-old human skull found in Greece suggests our species left Africa much earlier than previously thought. Source: esben468635 /Adobe Stock
10 July, 2019 - 22:19 ancient-origins

210,000 Year Old Homo sapiens Skull From Greece is Oldest Outside Africa

Anthony Sinclair / The Conversation A 210,000-year-old human skull could provide new evidence that our species left Africa much earlier than previously thought. A new study published in Nature of two...
Right lateral view of the Cioclovina calvaria exhibiting a large depressed fracture. Source: Kranoti et al / Plos One
4 July, 2019 - 21:26 ancient-origins

Murder in the Paleolithic? Proof of Ancient Homicide Deduced By Forensic Archaeology

A paper published today has concluded that the 33,000 year old remains of a man excavated in a cave in South Transylvania are of the victim of a bloody and murderous attack. The cause of death was...
Human skull showing blow to the head
9 June, 2019 - 10:33 Joanna Gillan

Medieval Skull Found Beneath Rothwell Church Shows Violent Blow

In a dark crypt that lies beneath an active parish church in England, the remains of thousands of men, women and children who died in medieval Britain are stuffed into crates and stacked on wooden...
300,000-year-old fossils of as many as 16 individual human ancestors have been found in a collapsed cave in China. Here is a reconstruction of a skull found at the site. Source: Wu Xiujie and Erik Trinkaus
25 May, 2019 - 22:11 Ed Whelan

Pleistocene Skull and 300,000 Years of Evolution Secrets Found in a Chinese Cave

In China, paleontologists have announced a very important discovery of human fossils and artifacts. They have uncovered a large number of fossils of early relatives of modern humans in a cave. The...
Man walking in a sea cave at sunset, illustration painting. New research on the Denisovans provides more insight on their lives and population spread.
3 April, 2019 - 22:53 Andrew Collins

A Trove of New Denisovan Discoveries Revealed At A Recent Anthropological Conference

The annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists held at the end of March in Cleveland, Ohio, was eagerly awaited by those with an interest in human origins as it would be...
Representative image of skull discovery (not Denisovan)
5 March, 2019 - 13:52 Ed Whelan

First Ever Skull Fragments of Denisovans Have Been Confirmed Found in Russia

A breakthrough discovery has been made in Russia which will reveal more about an enigmatic early species of human . Paleo-archaeologists have now identified some skull fragments from the long-extinct...
Face of King Robert The Bruce is Brought Back to Life 700 Years After His Death
15 November, 2018 - 15:08 Theodoros Karasavvas

Face of King Robert The Bruce, Outlaw King is Brought Back to Life 700 Years After His Death

In the recently released Netflix film Outlaw King, Chris Pine portrays Robert the Bruce as a noble and understated freedom fighter, with brown hair, steely blue eyes and a suitably chiseled chin. But...
The black sarcophagus was found to contain three skeletons and lots of sewage.
21 August, 2018 - 22:55 ashley cowie

Rotten Mummies of the Black Sarcophagus Begin the Identification Process

Dr. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt announced on Sunday that a team of researchers headed by Dr. Zeinab Hashish, Director of the Department of Studies...
A rendering of the ancient skull created from CT scans.
19 July, 2018 - 22:54 Alicia McDermott

An Iron Age Guardian of the Dead? Unusual Position of Cancer-Marked Skull Has Scientists Wondering

2,500 years ago a woman in Sicily lost her battle with cancer. The scars of the disease left marks on her skull and may help researchers solve the mystery why she was buried in such a way that she...

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