Skulls

Czech police hunting for thief who stole medieval saint's skull from church

In its statement, police have urged the public to reach out with any information that may aid them in locating the thief and the skull.

|ByREUTERS, MIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Fuzzy security footage showing thief running with skull of Saint Zdislava of Lemberk, May 13, 2026.
World's oldest Neanderthal fingerprint found on 43,000-year-old pebble in Spain. Illustration.

Remains from Israel’s North show Neanderthal children grew faster than modern humans - study

According to the study, Amud 7’s remains date to approximately 51,000 and 56,000 years ago and belong to the most complete skeleton of a Neanderthal infant ever found.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
The face of "Little Foot".

Scientists reconstruct the face of “Little Foot,” a 4-million-year-old human ancestor

Comparisons show the face size falls between a gorilla and an orangutan, with shape closer to orangutans and bonobos, and a closer resemblance to east african fossils in the orbital region

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Cambridge University archaeologists and students discover 9th century CE mass burial pit during a training dig at Wandlebury Country Park on the outskirts of Cambridge, UK, February 4, 2026.

Cambridge students find burial pit, 9th century ‘giant’ who underwent surgery during training dig

The pit is believed to have been from a time of conflict “between the Saxon-run kingdom of Mercia and the kingdom of East Anglia, which was conquered by the Vikings in around 870 [CE]."

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Is the Bible right? Newly discovered fossils show snakes had legs

A new study published in Science Advances on Thursday has shed light on the life of ancient legged snakes.

NOVEMBER 25, 2019ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
A snake is seen while a tract of the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil August 24, 2019