Smithsonian Magazine

Mysterious Skeleton of Child With Human and Neanderthal Traits Has Finally Been Dated by Archaeologists

Scientists used fragments of the child's right forearm bone to date the skeletal remains. Cidália Duarte In 1998, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a child in Portugal’s Lapedo Valley.
Ars Technica

Ancient skull may have been half human, half Neanderthal child

Back in 1929, archaeologists unearthed several human skeletons (seven adults and three children) while excavating Skuhl Cave just south of Haifa, Israel. Dating back 140,000 years to the end of the ...
The Atlantic

A New Theory Puts Parenting at the Center of Human Evolution

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. If you have spent time with an infant, you might recognize the scene: A child is wailing, inconsolable, and you, the parent, have to go to the bathroom. Or eat.
People

Bird Drops Severed Human Hand That May Have Belonged to a Child into a Schoolyard: Reports

Irish authorities “were alerted to the discovery of partial human remains” on Friday, Feb. 21 Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously ...
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Human remains found in Springfield renew questions about case of missing woman, child

SPRINGFIELD, TN — Human remains discovered over the course of several days along Sulphur Fork Creek have renewed focus on a decades-old missing persons case involving a mother and daughter who ...

Scientists develop functional eggs out of human skin cells

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) have developed a remarkable new way for making human body cells behave like egg cells—a technique that could change the course of the future of ...