The Lapedo child, discovered in Portugal in 1998, has fascinated scientists for over two decades. This enigmatic skeleton, ...

Neanderthal genes seem to have hung around long after Neanderthals themselves did, as new scientific dating of the famed ...

Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery.

"The fact that this guy had a body and head in the same animal is really important for us," said Dr. Espen Knutsen, senior curator of paleontology at the Queensland Museum Abigail Adams is a Human ...

All mammals have skeletons, like this cat. Many animals have skeletons to support and protect their body and to help it move. The human skeleton is made of bones which grow as we grow. Your bones ...

Early bipeds, such as Ardipithecus kadabba which looked a bit like a gorilla, lived in Africa between 5.8 and 5.2 million ...

Advanced radiocarbon dating has provided the most accurate age assessment yet for the “Lapedo Child,” one of the most provocative prehistoric human skeletons ever discovered. But the results ...

In this short film for primary schools Martin Hughes-Games looks at the skeletons of animals and humans and explains how and why they have changed. Martin joins a team of young science enthusiasts ...