We all know what's coming when a baby tooth gets wiggly. Within days, that tooth will be nothing but a memory. Even adult teeth fall out sometimes due to injury or infection. But anyone who's seen ...

A skeleton found in a 4,500-year-old ceramic pot has rewritten the history of Ancient Egypt. A DNA test on the man’s bones ...

Did our skeletons evolve for protection or for violence? The earliest vestiges of our skeleton are encountered in 500-million-year-old fossil fishes, some of which were armor-plated filter feeders ...

Teeth. Study the teeth. If they're worn down it could be a sign of a poor diet. ... When the skeleton is first discovered, take samples from around the remains including any bugs you come across.

"B78," as the anonymous skeleton is identified, was 45 to 60 years old when she died. She was then buried at a monastery in Germany sometime between 1000 and 1200 AD.

The 10 million-12 million-year-old skeleton was found in Aliso Viejo, and is now on view at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles. A worker is shown using a crane to remove a block containing ...