New research uncovers how two ancient hominids used their hands in unique ways for climbing, tool use, and movement.

From ethnographic accounts and ancient Mayan imagery, we know that the Maya engaged in various forms of body modification, ...

Both ancient human species showed signs of simultaneously using their hands to move around – such as by climbing trees – as ...

There is a common perception that science is a modern invention with roots in the ancient Greek world. While the Greeks ...

Today, the technology has come so far that anyone with a 3D printer can create highly engineered and artful prostheses ...

Archaeologists working near Măgura Călanului hill in Romania have discovered a remarkably rare cache of iron tools dating ...

Researchers discovered that a 1746 Austrian mummy was embalmed with wood chips and zinc chloride, preserving internal tissues ...