The floor of Bender’s Cave looked like a graveyard. Fossils spread across the submerged stream bed in every direction, packed tightly enough that paleontologist John Moretti could barely move without ...

Yann Martel's new novel tells two tales: one a lost classical epic, the other a personal tragedy told in footnotes. NPR's Scott Simon talks with him about his new novel, "Son of Nobody." ...

Forensic scientist Henry Lee, known for helping to bring modern crime scene work in the spotlight, has died at 87. Lee died Friday at his home in Henderson, Nevada, after a brief illness, according ...

Research reveals that Serbian cave systems show evidence of human occupation during the second half of the last ice age.

Researchers extracted DNA from a Neanderthal bone fragment found in Russia's Denisova Cave, and the genome is shedding light ...

Cremation is another common method. It uses high heat to reduce the body to bone fragments and ash, which are then processed ...

Excavation of a pit that contained large amounts of animal bone, shellfish remains, glass bottles, and cooking pot fragments.

In 1974, Mark Smith, 19, vanished after leaving his Montana home. More than five decades later, his remains have been ...

Nearly 50 years after Argentina's 1976 coup that led to a repressive dictatorship, families are still searching for and ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Early hunter-gatherers who lived ...