The human remains were found to be as old as Britain's oldest complete skeleton, the Cheddar Man Two boxes of human remains rediscovered after 55 years have been found to be as old as the Cheddar ...

Lucy was often described as "the grandmother of humanity", but more recent discoveries suggest she may have been more like an ...

The return of the remains was welcomed with a traditional ceremony For decades, Australia's oldest human remains - an Aboriginal man who died about 42,000 years ago - have been stored at a ...

The fossil known as “Cheddar Man” was discovered in 1904 in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, and represents the oldest and most complete skeleton of a modern human (Homo sapiens) ever found in Britain.

It contains some of the oldest human remains ever found in the Americas, as well as countless other artifacts stretching back over 15,000 years. "I think it's overwhelming. Without a doubt it's ...

Scientists have found what they believe is the oldest nearly complete, genetically intact human skeleton in the Americas within a flooded cave in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. WSJ's Robert Lee Hotz ...