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Yves Coppens, paleontologist who discovered 3.2 million-year-old 'Lucy' skeleton, dead at age 87
Yves Coppens helped discover the skeletal remains of "Lucy," which showed that human ancestors walk…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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The skeleton of a legendary 18th-century pirate captain dubbed the 'Robin Hood of the Sea' could have been discovered off the coast of Massachusetts
It's thought one of the skeletons is Captain 'Black Sam' Bellamy, the captain of the Whydah, the on…
Rachel Hosie
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A Philadelphia school will return the skeletal remains of a Native American man that were discovered in a classroom closet
"This is part of the story of early medicine around the world where the deceased entered collection…
Kelsey Vlamis
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More human skeletal remains uncovered in Lake Mead as the reservoir sinks to its lowest level since it was first filled in the 1930s
The discovery comes after another body was found in a barrel in the lake. Police suspect the body b…
Lauren Frias
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Human skeletal remains discovered in a vacant building on University of California Berkeley campus
Police said it was unclear how many years the remains had been in the vacant building, which once h…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Human remains found in a Colorado national park likely solve a nearly 4-decade old 'cold case,' park officials say
The National Parks Service said the skeletal remains likely belong to Rudi Moder, a German man who …
Kelly McLaughlin
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Car of a missing college student and skeletal remains found in an unsolved 4-decade-old case
Kyle Clinkscales, 22, went missing after leaving a bar in western Georgia on January 27, 1976, to d…
Jake Epstein
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A 19th-century shipwreck and human remains were uncovered as the Mississippi River recedes
Historically low water levels in the Mississippi River, a major shipping route, led to multiple dis…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Pompeii archaeologists found the remains of a man raising an arm to protect himself from caving walls during the Vesuvius eruption, showing 'the inferno' victims suffered
The newly-discovered remains of two Pompeii men showed that they likely died after the eruption, in…
Azmi Haroun
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El Nino's rains may unearth something gruesome in the LA mountains
This 1,000-mile-square-foot swath of forest, which sprawls just 50 miles north of downtown Los Ange…
Julia Calderone
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Brian Laundrie's bones showed signs of being eaten by wild animals, autopsy reveals
Laundrie's remains were discovered "scattered" near his backpack on October 20 of last year at Flor…
Natalie Musumeci
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Researchers have found signs of ritual violence on skeletons from an ancient civilization in the Andes
Ritual violence did include human sacrifice in later eras, so researchers wrote the the ritual viol…
Kevin Loria
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Scientists have now sequenced ancient herpes DNA from the rotting teeth of human remains
Researchers compared ancient herpes DNA to modern-day samples. The virus may have flourished when k…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Body found in a barrel at Lake Mead is the tip of the iceberg. Forensic anthropologists are now recovering human remains following droughts, sea-level rise, and wildfires.
Forensic anthropologists expect to see more human remains unveiled by receding water and ice. They'…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Brian Laundrie claimed responsibility for Gabby Petito's death before he died, FBI investigators say
The FBI said Laundrie's admission was written in a notebook near where authorities found his remain…
Natalie Musumeci
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Brian Laundrie's initial autopsy came back 'inconclusive,' family lawyer says
Laundrie's "manner and cause of death were not determined" and his remains will be evaluated by an …
Natalie Musumeci
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Brian Laundrie's remains have been sent to an anthropologist
Brian Laundrie's bones were found this week at a Florida nature preserve. The 23-year-old was a per…
Natalie Musumeci
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A human skull, fossils, and old cannonballs discovered in huge, bizarre hoard after homes were raided, says report
Two men face being investigated after a police operation in Spain led to authorities finding hundre…
Joshua Zitser
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The Florida reserve where Brian Laundrie's remains were found is teeming with alligators and carnivorous wild pigs, a local said
A local man said they believed that the carnivorous animals, including alligators and wild pigs, wo…
Bethany Dawson
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The US military is trying to identify dozens of airmen who didn't make it home from a daring bomber raid on 'Hitler's gas station'
US airmen were told that bombing Nazi oil refineries in Ploesti could shorten WWII by six months. T…