The skull of a 5-year-old girl who lived 140,000 years ago has similarities with modern Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, ...

A 146,000-year-old skull, nicknamed thedragon man, has long intrigued scientists. Discovered in the 1930s in Harbin, China, the skull was initially believed to represent a new, elusive species of ...

A team of scientists led by the China University of Geosciences has unveiled a groundbreaking discovery from the Middle Jurassic period. The researchers have described a new species of sauropod, ...

Skull Anatomy Neurocranium: The neurocranium is the portion of the skull that covers the brain. This is made up of bony plates with juncture points known as sutures.

Those skull studies, which look like descriptive anatomy, are actually devoted to understanding the workings of the brain. ♪ Man as Leonardo: What sneezing is, what yawning is, sweating, fatigue ...

It’s impossible to overstate the importance of our brain. The organ, housed inside the skull and protected by a bony covering called the cranium, controls thought, memory, emotion, vision, and ...

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 ...

References [1] A comprehensive review of the clivus: anatomy, embryology, variants, pathology, and surgical approaches. Child's Nervous System (2018). [2] Skull Base Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions ...

A nearly complete skull fossil found in Egypt has revealed a new species of Hyaenodonta, an apex carnivore that mysteriously went extinct about 25 million years ago.

DNA tests identified a skull found during home renovations in 1978 as that of an Indiana teen who died after childbirth in 1866. Authorities say Esther Granger was likely the victim of grave robbing.