A macabre cache of 15 human skulls and bones have been unearthed from under a house by shocked builders, say police in Germany. The grim discovery was made as construction…
A man has pleaded guilty to selling human remains online that were stolen from Harvard Medical School and other facilities including two stillborn babies who should have been cremated and…
A 2,000-year-old mummy looted and then thrown on a rubbish tip has been saved by antiquities experts in Yemen. Passersby in Sana'a - the country's historic capital in Sana'a Governorate…
A new study has revealed that only hunter-gatherers who sought refuge in Spain and Portugal survived the last Ice Age 30,000 years ago. Using new DNA analysis of prehistoric human…
Scientists studying DNA from a 23,000-year-old caveman found in Spain have been astonished to discover he is related to humans found 1,200 miles away. The genetic material was extracted from…
Chewed-up human remains in a shark's stomach have been identified as a 32-year-old man who had been missing for eight days. Horrified fishermen found the remains while they were gutting…
Human remains found five months ago in the Swiss Alps have been identified as an English hiker who went missing nearly 50 years ago. The preserved skeleton of the 32-year-old…
Archaeologists in Mexico made an astonishing discovery when they unearthed a total of 21 human remains in a medieval cemetery. The skeletons, some of which are almost perfectly preserved, were…
A private collection of nearly 200 ancient human bones and more than 350 archaeological treasures have been seized by police from homes in Spain. Civil Guard officers recovered an astonishing…
This is the chilling moment a human skeleton is dragged out of shallow waters onto a beach in Mexico after it was discovered by a child. DNA testing is currently…