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'Complete lack of sunlight' killed a Renaissance-era toddler, CT scan reveals
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.
Hundreds of medieval skeletons, half of them children, discovered under Wales department store
More than 240 skeletons have been unearthed from a former medieval friary cemetery, revealing a "snapshot of the community."
What if humans had tails?
If humans had tails, what would they be like, and how would we use them?
50,000-year-old DNA reveals the first-ever look at a Neanderthal family
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.
The Shocking Truth About Married Girls
Why does marriage at a young age bother us so much in Western culture?
Superhighway of ancient human and animal footprints in England provides an 'amazing snapshot of the past'
Erosion along a beach in England has revealed ancient human and animal footprints.
See lifelike facial reconstructions of a medieval Scottish woman, priest and bishop
Using forensic technology, researchers reanimate medieval skulls.
Neanderthals and Denisovans Lived (and Mated) in This Siberian Cave
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.
