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Workers were just starting construction on a new apartment complex in northeastern Brazil when they began finding human bones and pottery shards, their edges worn smooth by time.His team soon found much more: a flood of stone tools, ceramic shards, decorated shells and bones.

Two doll-like figures and a three-fingered hand said to be proof of extraterrestrial life were in fact made with paper, glue, metal and human and animal bones, forensics experts have concluded.

A couple remodeling their rented home in Batavia, Illinois, 45 years ago found some interesting items behind the walls — old bottles, shoes and corncobs. But one discovery was the stuff of nightmares. While ripping out a plaster wall, the wife spotted human bones in the debris, including a piece of a skull and a lower jawbone, according to a 1978 article from the Batavia Chronicle. “When I ...

A couple remodeling their rented home in Batavia 45 years ago found some interesting items behind the walls — old bottles, shoes and corncobs. But one discovery was the stuff of nightmares. While ripping out a plaster wall, the wife spotted human bones in the debris, including a piece of a skull and a lower jawbone, according to a 1978 article from the Batavia Chronicle. “When I first found ...

The discovery of human bones between Wichita Falls and Iowa Park on Saturday has raised far more questions than answers at least for the moment.

During the 1590 Siege of Paris, desperate Parisians ground human bones into 'flour' to make bread, a solution that proved fatal.

In a 5,000-year-old tomb, archaeologists have uncovered the skeletal remains of 14 individuals, including men, women, and children.

A New York museum that tribal representatives call one of the worst offenders of federal repatriation law has announced new policies for removing human remains from display cases and said it plans to double down on repatriation efforts for the more than 12,000 individuals it holds in its facility. On Oct. 12, Sean Decantur, the new president of the American Museum of Natural History, announced the policy changes to staff in an open letter. Immediate changes include preparing new storage for th...

Researchers have discovered human bones and animal remains dating to around 7,000 years ago in Arabian stone structures known as mustatils.

California's bone hunters, forensic experts who are veterans of disaster, sift through Maui's burnfields for the missing dead. 'We owe it to the families.'