Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to ...

A new investigation of ancient horned animal skulls found in Spain's Des-Cubierta Cave deepens the mystery of when and why ...

HUBEI, China (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - The reexamination of a prehistoric skull led researchers to believe that humanity may have began 400,000 years earlier than previously thought. A badly crushed ...

Researchers studying a 2,500-year-old skull discovered evidence that an ancient woman survived a sophisticated surgical procedure, shedding new light on when humans first began performing complex ...

He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and a big brain, he likely wielded tools made of stone and hunted or scavenged ...

It has baffled scientists since it was first discovered back in 2018. But the mystery of the 'Dragon Man' skull has finally been solved - as a new study reveals its true identity. Using DNA samples ...

Scientists suggest it may be the remains of a prehistoric hominin that walked alongside Neanderthals hundreds of thousands of years ago. Reading time 3 minutes In 1960, a villager found something ...

Archaeologists in Iran have discovered an ancient cone-shaped skull that is believed to have belonged to a teen girl — and there are signs of tragedy in her bones. As Live Science reports, the skull, ...

Researchers in Poland have found more evidence of violent cannibalism in the wake of the coldest period of the last Ice Age. Reading time 2 minutes In the 19th century, archaeologists in Poland ...

The average home -- manor, farm, or otherwise -- contains only the skulls which are still attached to living inhabitants. This is almost certainly true of your home, at least. (If not, well, get in ...

This dinosaur’s skull was light as air but its mouth was packed with power—and a unique ability to quickly grow teeth. Here’s how Nigersaurus was built for nonstop grazing. The cast of the skull of ...

Scientists discovered a new dinosaur species in the Sahara, Spinosaurus mirabilis, that likely hunted fish in shallow rivers.