Skulls

Human skull fragments found in cave west of Jerusalem, police probe incident

Forensic scientists are investigating suspicions that the bones are skull fragments, Israeli media reported.

|ByJAMES GENN
A view of the caves and depopulated homes in Lifta, west of Jerusalem, pictured in 2017; illustrative.
Fuzzy security footage showing thief running with skull of Saint Zdislava of Lemberk, May 13, 2026.

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
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

How a bone puzzle helped identify new type of prehistoric human in Israel

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.’

JULY 4, 2021ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Hila May, a physical anthropologist at the Dan David Center and the Shmunis Institute of Tel Aviv University holds what scientists say is a piece of fossilised bone of a previously unknown kind of early human discovered at the Nesher Ramla site in central Israel, during an interview with Reuters at

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