The detailed reconstruction brings the prehistoric hunter-gatherer to life, revealing an intriguing set of features.

Researchers studying the remains of a prehistoric woman who lived around 10,500 years ago in what is now Belgium have ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have successfully reconstructed the face of a prehistoric woman who lived around 10 ...

After illuminating the mummies with laser-stimulated fluorescence, or L.S.F., an imaging tool that until now had never been applied to tattoos, scientists discovered lines 0.1 to 0.2 millimeters ...

Researchers studied tattoos on this mummified hand. Michael Pittman. These days, more than 30 percent of Americans sport tattoos—but there’s nothing new about our fascination with body art.

From the late prehistoric Jōmon culture in Japan, which extends approximately from 14,000 to 400 BCE, numerous small humanoid figurines have been found, known as dogū (literally, clay figure). They ...

In today’s generation, tattoos are seen as a way people can creatively express themselves. But in India, it is also seen as a Western ideology of freedom and identity.