Documentary director Jennifer Abbott found dead at her North London flat with tape over mouth. Abbott's body was discovered by her niece and neighbours, who broke into her home after no one heard from ...

An enigmatic skull recovered from the bottom of a well in northeastern China in 2018 sparked intrigue when it didn’t match any previously known species of prehistoric human.

In the summer of 2021, a team of five Chinese researchers stirred up some controversy by suggesting that an unusual skull ...

Ancient proteins and DNA may peg a 146,000-year-old Chinese skull as the most complete fossil to date from Denisovans, a puzzling line of Asian hominids.

So Homo longi was a Denisovan all along, and thanks to the remarkably well-preserved skull, we finally know what the ...

Palaeontologists used ancient molecules to identify a cranium found near Harbin in northeastern China as belonging to the ...

The dinosaur that welcomes visitors to the Natural History Museum harbors a fascinating history. Researchers have identified ...

Henry Goodsell, the identified deceased, died at sea when his ship was caught in a storm on the way from Connecticut to ...

Since El Paso joined Operation Lone Star in 2022, migrant remains discovered in the desert west of the city have increased ...

Henry Goodsell's remains washed up over decades. Forensic genetic genealogy is gaining wider use, and helped solve the case.

On June 12, 1993, a woman’s head was found floating in Bone Lake in Scandia, Minnesota. The next day, her foot was found on the banks of the Mississippi River. She remains unidentified.