Anthropology

Using DNA evidence, forensic scientists created a facial reconstruction of a "vampire" who lived during the 18th century.

A hair sample from an ancient trophy head found buried in Peru reveals that the victim consumed a psychoactive plant prior to death.

CT scans of the child's mummy show that the toddler, a descendant of an Austrian count, died from a vitamin D deficiency due to lack of sunlight.

More than 240 skeletons have been unearthed from a former medieval friary cemetery, revealing a "snapshot of the community."

If humans had tails, what would they be like, and how would we use them?

A new genetic analysis of 50,000-year-old Neanderthal remains found in a Siberian cave reveals that these humans traveled in small, family-oriented groups.

Why does marriage at a young age bother us so much in Western culture?

Erosion along a beach in England has revealed ancient human and animal footprints.

Using forensic technology, researchers reanimate medieval skulls.

The Neanderthals and Denisovans — both relatives of modern humans — were roommates, literally, for thousands of years in a remote Siberian cave, two new studies find.