Police retrieved the skull later on April 6 and examined the scene at All Saints' cemetery, determining that the grave belonged to a married couple, John and Mary Butler, who had died sometime in ...

The Mysterious Skull Doesn’t Fit Any Known Human Species But researchers couldn’t agree on exactly which one. Many thought it was a Neanderthal, a close cousin of modern humans. Also read New ...

For instance, a skull found in Harbin, in northern China, is also thought to represent a new species of human. A 2018 study dubbed it homo longi, though the skull has been nicknamed “ Dragon Man.” ...

Fragments of a human skull may reveal the secrets of an ancient land, ruled by venomous Komodo dragons. The 140-000-year-old bone fragments were discovered buried in a now-submerged land in Indonesia.

This is not the only human skull to be found in a thrift store. In September, a terrifying-looking skull — complete with upper teeth and a glass eye — was found in an Arizona Goodwill.

DMANISI, Georgia — The discovery of a 1.8-million-year-old skull of a human ancestor buried under a medieval Georgian village provides a vivid picture of early evolution and indicates our family ...

On Aug. 10, a hiker at Big Lava Bed, which is part of Gifford Pinchot National Forest, came upon a skull, and, capturing the G.P.S. coordinates of the human remains, called local law enforcement ...

A young Newfoundland man who robbed a human skull from a cemetery and kept it in his possession for more than a year as a “curiosity item” has been sentenced to four months in jail.