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New Orleans' historic cemeteries teach us about the city – and ourselves
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans· 3 days agoHauntingly beautiful and often misunderstood, New Orleans’ historic cemeteries have mesmerized...
His Skull Was Taken From Congo as a War Trophy. Will Belgium Finally Return It?
New York Times· 1 day agoOnce a powerful local Congolese leader, Lusinga Iwa Ng’ombe fought back against Belgian colonial...
Two ancient women buried together in Austria in first of its kind find. ‘Remarkable’
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAs construction workers were building a parking garage for a train station in Austria, human remains...
Duchesne County asking public to help identify woman whose remains were found 21 years ago
KSL Salt Lake City· 2 weeks agoThe sheriff's office said deputies conducted a search warrant on a property in the northwest area of the county on March 13, 2001. Deputies located a human skull, held on ...
Squirrels may have given medieval Britons leprosy
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days ago"The finding of leprosy in modern squirrels was surprising and then it's incredible that we found it in the medieval period," said...University of...
A dentist found an ancient human jawbone embedded in his parents’ tile floor
Washington Post· 2 weeks agoA dentist was visiting his parents’ newly renovated home in Europe when he noticed something odd:...
When did humans start getting the common cold?
LiveScience· 6 days agoMost people catch the common cold at least once a year, making the seasonal sniffles a staple of the human experience. The question is difficult to...
Paleo diet? Study reveals new insight on what Stone Age humans really ate
AccuWeather· 5 days agoResearchers gleaned insights into ancient diets by studying human remains unearthed from Taforalt...
Dentist Discovers Human-Like Jawbone and Teeth in a Floor Tile at His Parents' Home
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 weeks agoWhile visiting his parents’ recently renovated house in Europe, a man spotted something unusual in...
This is what ancient humans REALLY looked like
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn 2008, archaeologists discovered an ancient rock-cut tomb containing human remains, with an inscription (dated to 60-61 BC) above the tomb's entrance...