A skeleton in England may have belonged to a gladiator who died fighting a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study finds.

Surgery was rare and risky in the medieval period. Though medical options were limited, trans people were able to take transitioning into their own hands.

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An analysis of ancient mitochondrial and nuclear DNA shows evidence of matrilocal communities in Iron Age Britain.

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology covers the study of human & animal bones, from archaeological contexts, for archaeologists, anthropologists & bone specialists.

Bioarchaeological analyses of preadults provide a wealth of information about past lifeways and social structures, including aspects of personhood. However, studies of personhood and childhood in arch...

Opinions about fetal personhood and abortion have fluctuated enormously throughout history and differ in surprising ways between cultures.