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 ...

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 ...

Instead, the study suggests, Deinosuchus belonged to an ancient lineage that split off before the last common ancestor of today’s alligators and crocodiles, carrying characteristics that are ...

(CNN) — Stored in a church crypt in a remote Alpine village, a set of unusually well-preserved human remains has long been a rich source of rumor and speculation. Local lore suggested the ...

(CNN) — Stored in a church crypt in a remote Alpine village, a set of unusually well-preserved human remains has long been a rich source of rumor and speculation. Local lore suggested the ...

This approach to embalming differs from better-known methods used in ancient Egypt in which opening the body is necessary. The technique seen in the clergyman also hasn’t been reported in scientific ...