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History experts demand removal of human skull from auction

History experts have called for a human skull and thigh bone to be removed from an auction next month, branding the sale of the items “unethical”. The ex-medical items are listed in the Militaria, Domestic & Rural Bygones sale at Taylor’s Auction ...

27 Apr 2022 at 15:25

Auction house to remove human skull from sale after outcry from history experts

The decision by an auction house to withdraw a human skull and thigh bone from sale after an outcry from history experts has been welcomed. The ex-medical items are listed in the Militaria, Domestic & Rural Bygones sale at Taylor’s Auction Rooms ...

27 Apr 2022 at 18:25

Human skull removed from auction after outcry

An auction house has withdrawn a human skull and thigh bone from sale after history experts blasted it as “unethical”. The ex-medical items are listed in the Militaria, Domestic & Rural Bygones sale at Taylor’s Auction Rooms in Montrose, Angus ...

27 Apr 2022 at 16:55

Iceman Otzi had dark skin and male pattern baldness, analysis reveals

Otzi the 5,300-year-old mummified body – discovered in melting ice in The Alps in 1991 – may have had dark skin, dark eyes and a balding head, analysis suggests. Initial studies of the corpse, also called the Iceman, revealed genetic traces ...

16 Aug 2023 at 16:00

Scientists confirm early man followed river route out of Africa 84,000 years ago

Early man left Africa for Eurasia 80,000 years ago along a “corridor” of rivers across the Sinai peninsula through Jordan, according to new research. Scientists from the University of Southampton working with colleagues from around the ...

04 Oct 2023 at 19:00

Children need love and hope to grow, says human development expert

Children need love, hope and happiness to grow tall – human development expert

It is not just genes, diet or exercise – children also need love, hope and happiness to grow and develop physically, a human development expert has said. Professor Barry Bogin, a biological anthropologist at Loughborough University, ...

18 Sept 2023 at 12:29

World

Train plan ‘endangers some of Mexico’s oldest pre-historic sites’

The Mexican government has invoked national security powers to forge ahead with a tourist train along the Caribbean coast that environmentalists say threatens extensive caves where some of the oldest human remains have been ...

19 Jul 2022 at 18:40

Neanderthal women ‘left home to be with their partners while men stayed put’

Neanderthal women, who lived in the Siberian mountains around 54,000 years ago, left their homes to join their partners in other communities while the men stayed local, research suggests. DNA analysis suggests around 60% ...

19 Oct 2022 at 17:00

University of Cambridge to return looted Benin bronzes

The University of Cambridge will return looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria. The 116 artefacts, which are mainly made of brass but also include some ivory and wooden objects, were taken by British armed forces during the ...

14 Dec 2022 at 22:13

Hunting may have helped humans become long-distance runners – scientists

Scientists say they have uncovered yet more evidence that suggests hunting may have helped humans become long-distance runners millions of years ago. New research shows endurance pursuits for prey was not as rare in ...

13 May 2024 at 16:00

Government should close loophole which allows sale of human remains, says MP

Instagram, Etsy and Gumtree users could exploit a legal loophole to buy and sell colonial-era human remains, an MP fears. Bell Ribeiro-Addy told the Commons she had heard cases of body parts sold online and in ...

20 Nov 2024 at 14:09

Northern Ireland

Catholics more concerned about climate than Protestants, research suggests

Attitudes to climate change in Northern Ireland can be broken down along religious lines, with the largest disparity between Catholics and Presbyterians, new academic research has suggested. Research from the ...

18 Sept 2025 at 00:01

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