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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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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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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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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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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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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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Rate of violence began to skyrocket as early humans moved into cities, fractured skull remains reveal
While one might assume that the organisation into cities could have curbed violence among "civilise…
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An underwater search team found human remains and a car belonging to a New Hampshire woman who's been missing for 43 years
A conservation officer took an interest in the 1978 disappearance of Alberta Leeman, and began sear…
Michelle Mark
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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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He disappeared in 1976 after a night of bartending. Nearly 50 years later officials say they found his remains at the bottom of a lake.
In January 1976, Kyle Clinkscales disappeared after leaving his bartending job in LaGrange to head …
Katie Balevic
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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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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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Harvard University is still holding on to the remains of 7,000 Native Americans following acknowledgment of slavery and eugenics experiments
The leak comes a month after a faculty committee published a report highlighting Harvard's role in …
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Hurricane Nicole unearthed 6 human skulls from a Florida beach, and it's the latest case of long-buried remains found after worsening weather
The storm eroded parts of the east Florida coastline, exposing centuries-old skeletal remains from …
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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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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A 3rd set of human remains was uncovered at Lake Mead, where water levels are at their lowest since 1937. Rising temperatures and drought could reveal more bodies, forensic anthropologists say.
Experts previously told Insider that they expect more remains to be discovered as climate change dr…
Katie Anthony,Paola Rosa-Aqui…
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FedEx box containing the remains of a 32-year-old Georgia man has been missing for 3 years after medical examiner allegedly shipped his body against federal protocol
The US Postal Service is the only entity legally allowed to transport human remains, and the shipme…
Bethany Biron
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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 …