Ice Age Europeans may have sported cheek piercings, suggested by unusual dental wear patterns analyzed by anthropologist John ...

Metal hooks weighed down with milk pots skewered the flesh of men’s backs as tridents pierced their cheeks and tongues.

Skulls from Paleolithic Europe’s Pavlovian people have long been noted for their damaged teeth, with wear patterns evident ...

Parents in the Ice Age let their kids get away with some pretty wild stuff.

A biological anthropologist at the University of Coimbra in Portugal is hypothesizing that the mysterious flat patches found on the sides of teeth in ancient Europeans may have been due to the ...

The silver chariot carrying the statue of Lord Murugan is set to keep intact a rich, 131-year-old tradition by leading the ...

A study of Paleolithic skeletons from Central Europe suggests people's teeth were worn down and crowded together because of ...

I first started begging my mother for piercings in kindergarten, when I noticed that other girls were able to adorn their earlobes with sparkly studs. Over the years I’d return to my mother, asking ...

Barracks believed built by the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War between 1776 and 1777 were recently discovered in Colonial Williamsburg. Experts believe the barracks were burned by ...

Female mammals typically carry two X chromosomes — one from each parent — and a new study suggests that the maternal X is linked to faster brain aging. The X chromosome passed from mom to ...

A ghoulish Alabama mortuary worker was sentenced last week to 15 years in federal prison for hawking body parts — including fetuses — to a sicko collector covered in face tattoos and piercings ...