Four graves have been found at the site of a previously unknown Anglo-Saxon settlement on the outskirts of Cambridge, England. One of the graves contained the skeleton of a young woman who had been wearing a Christian pectoral cross made of gold and garnets. Her body had been placed on a bed that archaeologists think had […]

The bones of five individuals that could represent a previously unknown human species have been discovered in southern China. The bones have been dated to between 11,500 and 14,500 years old. “We’re trying to be very careful at this stage about definitely classifying them,” said Darren Curnoe of the University of New South Wales in Australia. […]