When the arm bone fragment, measuring just 3½ inches, was originally bagged, it was first labeled a possible bone fragment from a crocodile. The bone represents a human ancestor who likely stood ...

A 700,000-year-old fragment of arm bone has shed light on the origins of the early human species known as the "hobbit". The tiny piece of bone is from an early hobbit (Homo floresiensis ...

The findings include the smallest ever human arm bone. “This very rare specimen confirms our hypothesis that the ancestors of Homo floresiensis were extremely small in body size; however, it is now ...

it is the smallest upper arm bone known from the hominin fossil record worldwide," said Professor Adam Brumm from Griffith University's Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, a co-author ...

By Carl Zimmer A new study describes 700,000-year-old teeth and arm bones ... of a modern human’s. Analyzing the cave floor, scientists determined the Homo floresiensis bones were somewhere ...

A new analysis of teeth and a bone found on an Indonesian island reveal that "hobbits" were more than 2 inches shorter than we thought. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

A farmer was left feeling unsettled when he discovered suspected human remains just outside a ... on the road I found an ulna ...

The bone fragments were once thought to be some of the oldest human fossils found in Japan. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

A mysterious group of prehistoric hunter-gatherers who once inhabited the southern Texas coast may have created music in a hauntingly unconventional way—by transforming human bones into instruments.