A skeleton found in Vietnam contains a bone that was likely pierced by a projectile. It may be the earliest sign of ...

A skeleton had been waiting for nearly half a century in the storage of a German museum without being analyzed. It was only recently that it caught the attention of researchers, leading to ...

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“Pterosaurs had incredibly lightweight skeletons. Hollow, thin-walled bones are ideal for flight but terrible for ...

Archaeologists found 317 medieval and post-medieval skeletons at the site of a department store that is being remodeled into ...

Scientists found the skeleton of an extinct hypercarnivore in Argentina’s southern Patagonia. The apex predator feasted on ...

Banner image: A petroglyph of a horse in the Ferghana Valley of Kyrgyzstan. (Credit: William Taylor) As anyone who’s spent time in the saddle knows, riding a horse can be hard on your body. But can it ...

Human sacrifices dating back around 2,300 years have been found near an ancient temple in Peru. While excavating a temple in ...

Using synchrotron X-ray nanotomography with detailed 3D imaging and in-situ mechanical testing, researchers are peering inside shark skeletons at the nanoscale, revealing a microscopic 'sharkitecture' ...

A skeleton buried in a fetal position is actually made of bones from at least five people who lived across a span of 2,500 years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

— -- A centaur and a cyclops, a griffin and a unicorn — and their bones — not the usual stuff of science exhibits. All the same, the bones of the "Centaur of Tymfi" stands proudly on display at ...