France on Tuesday returned three colonial-era skulls to Madagascar, including one believed to be that of a Malagasy king decapitated by French troops during a 19th-century massacre. The skull, believed to belong to King Toera, was handed over in the first restitution of human remains since France passed a law facilitating their return in 2023,…
In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists from Monash University and Museums Victoria have unearthed a 26-million-year-old whale skull at Jan Juc Beach in Victoria, Australia. The fossil belongs to a newly identified species, Janjucetus dullardi, a small but fierce predator from the Oligocene epoch. According to the research published on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 in the…
Study reveals unusual features in a 140,000 yr-old child skull (Representative AI image) A 140,000-year-old skull found in Israel may belong to a child born to a Neanderthal and a Homo sapien, according to a new anatomical research. The remains of a 5-year-old girl was discovered in 1929 in Skhul Cave on Mount Carmel, along…
A woman in Florida, United States has been arrested for buying and selling human remains, including bones and skulls through her shop and Facebook marketplace. Kymberlee Schopper, 52, is facing charges of trading in human tissue after officers discovered she was offering real human bones for sale through her business, “Wicked Wonderland,” the Orange City…
BHOPAL: A Hawk Force jawan, who was critically injured Sunday during a Maoist search operation in Kundul forest area of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh, will have to live with a bullet lodged deep inside his skull.Shivkumar Sharma was immediately evacuated from the region when joint forces of Hawk Force and police came under heavy…