Human remains

When do human remains become art? I considered this question as I walked through the Paris Catacombs recently. It was the second time I had visited, so I knew what to expect, but the impact of so many bones, so many lives, was still strong.

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Do you wanna carve a pumpkin? Come on, let’s get dressed up. All I eat is candy anymore. Open up the door. Uh…it’s just for trick or treaaaat. Halloween is for sure a personal …

Dozens of Neolithic burials and artifacts discovered in France Archaeologists in France have excavated a Neolithic site near Clermont-Ferrand containing human remains and artifacts spanning over 4,000 years of occupation. The excavation, conducted by archaeologists from France’s National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (@inrap ) has shed light on the long history of human habitation at the site. Radiocarbon dating of bone samples has traced human activity back to the…

Genetic studies of ancient remains are filling in the picture of who the earliest Americans were and how they spread through the Americas long ago.

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Lucy, the world’s most famous fossil human ancestor, has gone digital in 3-D. A new high-resolution CT scan of the 3.2 million-year-old skeleton will provide scientists around the globe with information that may help settle debates about human evolution. The virtual Lucy could prove invaluable to scientists by giving them their first glimpse inside her […]

Burying human remains in different locations has revealed a unifying feature.

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Ancient body parts are like books. Most tell the same old story, but a good few rewrite everything. Rare remains reveal mysteries and new information and prove that certain legends were real events. For some reason, gruesome finds do this the best. From massacres to macabre rituals, mutilated handprints to sacrifices, researchers are getting front-row