Human remains

For the first time in over a century, amazing life-like mummy portraits depicting ancient people have been found in Egypt.

Mummies were buried in that form because of ancient beliefs rather than preservation, researchers said.

In Taiwan, there have been stories passed down through the generations about an ancient tribe of short, dark-skinned people that once lived in mountainous parts of the island.

The hunt for a family that went missing in a rural California town ended in tragedy after their remains were found.

Skeletons found over a decade ago have now been revealed to have been Ashkenazi Jews who had fallen victims to an antisemitic incident.

The surprise find, which could be about 1.4 million years old, could also give vital clues to the evolution of the human face over the millennia.

The most ancient human species includes fossils that date to the time at which our lineage separated from the lineages leading to chimpanzees and bonobos.

DNA of ancient Argentinian mummies was extracted from a cement-like substance used by lice in the distant past to glue their eggs to human hair.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL AFFAIRS: Archaeologists find that the Holy Land’s 1.5 million-year-long human presence still has secrets to reveal.

Some 17 fragments of a mandible, a tooth and a piece of skull were the key to allow researchers to find out about the ‘Nesher Ramla Homo.’