Naming discussions aside, a very exciting discovery remains: a kind of human we once only knew from a pinky bone dug up from ...

New research suggests that modern conditions may trace back to Neanderthal skull traits we share with our extinct cousins.

What Is the Purpose of the Skull? All the various skull bone parts come together to serve two major purposes. First, the skull surrounds and protects the brain, brainstem, and eyes.

That first dig was significant — the skeleton bones included rear limbs, making it the first evidence of a land-based snake ...

The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...

The Harbin skull (left) and the Dali skull (right).

Goodsell was only 29 years old when he died, meaning that he spent more years as “the skull that washed up on the beach” than ...

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

The Association between Skull Bone Fractures and the Mortality Outcomes of Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury. Emergency medicine international, 2022, 1296590.

Emese Gábor, a facial reconstruction specialist, spoke to Fox News Digital about a recently discovered skull that she believes belonged to Matthias Corvinus, a medieval king.