Other scientists have reported sites in Eurasia and northern Africa with either hominin fossils, stone tools or butchered animal bones from around this time. Our recently published research adds ...

This oil painting by French artist Firmin Didot (1764-1836) depicts human-animal combat in ancient Rome. New evidence shows it likely occurred as far away as Roman Britain. 34,366 people played ...

Jackson Njau's fascination with human origins started as a curious teen growing up a few hours from one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. Now a pioneering paleoanthropologist at ...

This oil painting by French artist Firmin Didot (1764-1836) depicts human-animal combat in ancient Rome ... a gladiator from Roman-era England. The bones not only help experts better understand ...

Asceticism in Christianity as practiced for centuries can comprise an array of devotional practices from fasting to ...

New fossil evidence suggests echidnas evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor, not a land-based one. The bone structure ...

The man had been decapitated, but he also had curious round marks along his hip bones. The team scanned the marks and compared them to those made by zoo animals chewing bones. Bite marks made by ...

The Trustees of the British Museum Supported by By Kate Golembiewski Gladiators battled lions and other wild animals in the arenas ... the types of injuries in their bones and the manner in ...

Archaeologists working at the Cueva de Sangre site in Guatemala have discovered an unusual ancient Maya ritual.

For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is ...