Scientists studying a unique collection of human skulls have shown that changes to the skull shape thought to have occurred independently through separate evolutionary events may have actually ...

A recent study reveals that theropod dinosaurs evolved specialized skulls for distinct attack styles. Tyrannosaurus rex possessed bone-crushing skulls, while spinosaurs developed narrow snouts for ...

Bird skulls evolved much more slowly and are far less diverse than those of dinosaurs, a new study suggests. The birds’ skulls may be more limited in their ability to adapt and specialise than their ...

Urban wildlife is evolving right under our noses — and scientists have the skulls to prove it. By examining over a century’s worth of chipmunk and vole specimens from Chicago, researchers discovered ...

Researchers have dated the mysterious skull from Petralona Cave in Greece to 300,000 years ago and concluded that the fossil belonged to an ancient human group that lived alongside Neanderthals. When ...

Humans have unusually globular (or round) skulls and brains compared to our ancient ancestors – including our closest extinct cousins the Neanderthals – and a new study provides a possible explanation ...

Slow body development over the course of life, as well as shorter jaws and retracted faces in humans compared to those in chimpanzees could explain why molar teeth grow much later in people than in ...

It’s the Kingdom of the calcite skull. A horned hominid skull might sound like something out of Greek mythology, but it actually could be a separate species of human ancestor that lived alongside ...

The University of Edinburgh’s ‘skull room’ holds one of the largest and most historically significant collections of ancestral remains (PA) The recent publication of the University of Edinburgh’s ...

Giant dinosaurs weren’t terrifying just because of their size or teeth. According to a new study published in the Anatomical Record, their skulls were evolutionary tools of destruction, custom-built ...

A mysterious skull with a stalagmite growing out of its head is about 300,000 years old and neither human nor Neanderthal, a new study finds. The skull was reportedly discovered attached to the wall ...