The story of human evolution is far messier and less straightforward than most people think, protagonized by a procession of ...

Fragments of a human skull may reveal the secrets of an ancient land, ruled by venomous Komodo dragons. The 140-000-year-old ...

In 2011, an archaeologist in the United Kingdom picked out one of the many human skulls sitting on his shelf. The 17th-century European male was missing most of his teeth and mandible, but the ...

A British auction house is facing criticism for selling 18 ancient Egyptian human skulls. The skulls come from the collections of Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers, a 19th-century British general.

This Halloween scare came a week too late. An anthropologist rummaging through a Florida thrift shop Saturday found what is believed to be a human skull, according to authorities. The grim ...

A human skull found in a Goodwill donation box in Arizona is believed to be "historic," and not related to a crime, police say. The skull was placed in the donation box at a Goodwill in Goodyear ...