In The News: Department of Anthropology
The remains have caused a public stir, but authorities say the falling water level due to the climate crisis is the real scandal
When human ancestors evolved to walk upright, they may have done so in trees, suggests new research published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances.
In a surprise twist, the evolution of human bipedalism might have nothing to do with learning to walk on land—but up in trees.
This year, as human-caused climate change steadily warms the planet, depleting bodies of water, melting ice, and strengthening storms exposed a bevy of lost treasures and forgotten stories.
Hurricane Nicole's storm surge last week eroded parts of the east Florida coastline and unearthed a Native American burial ground dating back hundreds of years, according to local news reports.
A prolonged drought has dried up the Mississippi River, revealing a centuries-old shipwreck and skeletal remains.
A bone that was initially categorized as an animal bone is now being examined as human remains after a report by the 8 News Now Investigators.
The world's population is expected to reach nine billion people in the next 30 years, suggesting that it is growing considerably more quickly than the global food supply.
The world's population is expected to reach nine billion people in the next 30 years, suggesting that it is growing considerably more quickly than the global food supply.
Why recent study on modern brain size has experts scratching heads
A new study provides the earliest known evidence of amputation – the medical term for cutting off a part of a person’s body.
The 31,000-year-old skeleton of a young adult found in a cave in Indonesia that is missing its left foot and part of its left leg reveal the oldest known evidence of an amputation, according to a new study.