A recently found jawbone, arm bone fragment and teeth collected from an archaeological site in Indonesia revealed a diminutive ancestor of humans dubbed a "hobbit" who lived around 700,000 years ago.

Human skeletons are often described in neat textbook numbers, but real bodies are far messier and more interesting. Extra bones, tiny or substantial, are scattered through the population, quietly ...

A walk along the Somerset coastline in southwest England led to the discovery of one of the largest marine reptiles ever ...